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50 Talonas 'Coupon'
| Issuer | Lithuania |
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| Year | 1991 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA TALONAS 50 1991 VERTYBINIS POPIERIUS. UŽ JO PADIRBINĖJIMĄ BAUDŽIAMA PAGAL ĮSTATYMĄ. (Translation: Republic of Lithuania Talonas 50 1991 Security. Counterfeit is punished according to the Law.) |
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| Variants | P#37a - Without text on lower front P#37b - With text on lower front |
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Lithuania's 1991 talonas coupons were introduced as a parallel rationing instrument alongside the Soviet ruble, not as a replacement for it. Citizens needed both to purchase goods — the ruble to pay, the talonas to authorize the transaction. The system was a deliberate hedge: if the ruble collapsed or Moscow cut off supply, Lithuania already had a domestic coupon infrastructure in place.
Printed by Spindulys in Kaunas, a press with roots going back to interwar Lithuanian independence, the note carries a certain political weight beyond its face value. The watermark is the only security feature — modest for a monetary instrument, but appropriate for what was, technically, still a rationing coupon rather than a banknote.