Low frequency material parameters for 64' and 41O-rotated Y-cut LiNbO,, can be found in the published literature, however these cannot be easily interpreted due to the non Rayleigh wave nature of acoustic propagation. In addition, to properly design high frequency low loss filter, accurate electroacoustic material parameters are required. Acoustic propagation on metallized surface high coupling coefficient 64' and 41' rotated Y-cut LiNbO, have been both experimentally and theoretically investigated. A complete set of experimentally determined acoustic parameters in the 0.85 to 1.6 GHz frequency range is presented: velocity and attenuation versus metallization thickness. 11.6 4: and 21 X coupling constant values have been deduced from transducer admittance measurement for 64' and' 41' LiNbO, respectively. These data have been applied to the design of 1 GHz Image Impedance Connected low loss filters. 7% and 10% 3 dB fractional bandwidth have been obtained with 8 and 13 dB insertion loss on 64' and 41' LiNbO, respectively.