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10 Talonas 'Coupon'
| Issuer | Lithuania |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Value | 10 Talonas |
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| Reverse description | Brown intaglio on pinkish guilloche underprint with fine red wave-line security pattern. A central vignette presents two pine martens in a naturalistic composition; the denomination numeral '10' appears at lower left and lower right. The serial number prefix and number are printed vertically at left in black letterpress. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Lithuania's talonas coupons were introduced in May 1991 as a rationing instrument while the country was still formally locked in Soviet economic structures — the ruble remained in circulation alongside them. The talonas was not initially a currency at all; it functioned as a supplementary coupon required alongside rubles to purchase certain rationed goods, a mechanism designed to prevent ruble-flush outsiders from draining Lithuanian shops.
Printed domestically by Spindulys in Kaunas rather than abroad, the series was produced under real logistical constraint — Lithuania had declared independence only months earlier and lacked access to the specialist security printers normally used for national issues. The watermark is present but modest by any measure.