Catalog
2 Talonas
| Issuer | Republic of Lithuania |
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| Year | 1992 (1992-1993) |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a pink guilloche underprint of interlocking net-pattern lacework covering the entire face. The inscription LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA is printed in dark letterpress within a rounded rectangular cartouche at centre. A serial number appears to the right of the design. |
| Reverse lettering | LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA (Translation: REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA) |
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The talonas was never meant to last. Introduced in 1991 as a parallel coupon currency to ration access to goods during the Soviet collapse, it was explicitly transitional — a stopgap while Lithuania prepared to reintroduce the litas, which finally happened in June 1993. The 2 talonas sits within that narrow, chaotic window when Lithuania was technically sovereign but still economically enmeshed in the ruble zone.
At 60 x 40 mm, this is among the smallest denominations of a series already printed on the cheap. The watermark is the lone security feature — minimal even by the standards of provisional issues.