5 Euros Eglė - Queen of Serpents, Lithuania

The reverse of the coin depicts the confrontation of the serpent and Egl, the main characters of the fairy tale, the impression is amplified by Egls hair, which allegorically blends into sea waves that foam either white or red. The body of the serpent is decorated with symbolic pictograms, which tell the story of this fairy tale, and includes the name of the fairy tale Egl ali karalien (Egl Queen of Serpents). The composition also features tree silhouettes as an allusion to the children that were turned into trees.

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Eglė Ratkutė-Žemaitė, Vilius Krasnickas

The obverse of the coin depicts a needlework as an allusion to a cosy evening, when fairy tales were told, while the illusion of a late evening is enhanced by small stars and the moon on the left side of the composition: the first coin from the series “Tales from my Childhood” features new moon. The composition (needlework) symbolically depicts the main elements of the fairy tale and features a symbolic silhouette of Vytis below them. The top of the composition features an embroidered inscription Lietuva (Lithuania), while its right side contains the denomination 5€ and the year 2021.

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Eglė Ratkutė-Žemaitė

Smooth with incuse text If you're alive – may the sea foam milk, if you're dead – may the sea foam blood (Jei tu gyvas, atplauk pieno puta, jei negyvas – kraujo puta), divider – a symbol of a spruce