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| Uitgever | Lietuvos Banko Šiaulių Skyrius (Bank of Lithuania, Šiauliai Branch) |
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| Jaar | 1991 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | The right half carries an intaglio-style vignette of two competitive cyclists in racing posture, rendered in dark violet line engraving against a yellow and purple guilloche wave underprint. A vertical lattice security stripe runs through the centre of the note. The redemption obligation text appears in the left field in Latin script. |
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| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beveiligingstype | Security stripe |
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| Opmerkingen |
Issued in the chaotic months following Lithuania's March 1990 declaration of independence, these branch-issued talonas coupons were a stopgap measure introduced to restrict Soviet ruble purchases and protect local goods from being drained by visitors from other Soviet republics. The Šiauliai branch designation is notable — unlike most transitional currency, these were issued regionally rather than centrally, reflecting how improvised the entire system was. Lithuania had no functioning central bank infrastructure ready to go.
The talonas were not legal tender in the full sense; they functioned as ration supplements alongside rubles until the Litas was reintroduced in 1993.