Katalog
| Emittent | Lithuania |
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| Jahr | 1991 |
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| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Druckerei | Spindulys AB, Kaunas, Lithuania (1928-2009) |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA TALONAS 25 1991 VERTYBINIS POPIERIUS. UŽ JO PADIRBINĖJIMĄ BAUDŽIAMA PAGAL ĮSTATYMĄ. (Translation: Republic of Lithuania Talonas 25 1991 Security. Counterfeit is punished according to the Law.) |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Purplish gray on red-brown guilloche underprint. A detailed intaglio vignette of a Eurasian lynx in full-body profile occupies the central field, rendered with fine line engraving against a dense wave-pattern underprint. The denomination numeral '25' appears in dark ink at lower left and lower right corners. |
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| Anmerkungen |
Introduced in May 1991 while Lithuania was still technically within the Soviet monetary system, the talonas was a rationing coupon pressed into emergency currency use — it had no legal tender status in the conventional sense but was required alongside Soviet rubles to purchase certain goods. The practical effect was a parallel currency operating under rationing logic rather than banking logic.
Spindulys, a Kaunas printing house with roots in the interwar republic, produced the entire talonas series domestically. The watermark is modest but significant: printing a secured national coupon-currency at home, within months of the independence declaration, was itself a political act.