2021 (LT) – UNESCO’s Biosphere Programme – Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve (UNC)

The design depicts the characteristic surroundings of Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve, which belongs to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme: remote islands of a unique bird lake and Lithuania’s largest wetland as well as its distinctive animals._x005F_x000D_
In the foreground there is a great bittern reaching for a fire-bellied toad floating in the water. In rushes depicted on the right there is an aquatic warbler, above – a flock of common cranes and a mute swan, symbolising the establishment of the Reserve._x005F_x000D_
The design is surrounded by inscriptions LIETUVA (LITHUANIA), ŽUVINTAS, UNESCO, year (2021) and the mintmark of the Lithuanian Mint._x005F_x000D_
The design is realised by Eglė Ratkutė and Ernestas Žemaitis._x005F_x000D_
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.