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4 Talonas
| Issuer | Government of Lithuania |
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| Year | 1992-1993 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | 1993 4 Vasaris TALONAS Vasaris 4 (Translation: 1993 4 February Talonas February 4) |
| Reverse description | Uniform pink guilloche underprint covers the entire reverse, rendered in a fine lace-pattern design without any pictorial vignette. A single centrally placed oval cartouche carries the state inscription "LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA" in spaced black letterpress, the sole text element on the reverse. |
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The talonas was introduced as a transitional parallel currency while Lithuania prepared to relaunch the litas, which had last circulated before Soviet annexation in 1940. Initially the talonas functioned as a coupon system attached to ruble transactions, intended to limit Russian buyers from stripping Lithuanian consumer goods during the supply crisis of 1990–1991. By 1992 it had evolved into a standalone banknote series, though still regarded by most Lithuanians as a stopgap.
The 4 talonas denomination is an oddity — base-4 units are rare in any monetary system and reflect the ad hoc arithmetic of the coupon era rather than any deliberate monetary architecture.