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500 Talonas 'Coupon'
| Issuer | Lithuanian Government |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 500 Talonas |
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| Obverse lettering | LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA 500 1993 PENKI ŠIMTAI TALONŲ (Translation: Republic of Lithuania 1993 500 Five Hundred Talonas) |
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| Reverse lettering | VERTYBINIS POPIERIUS, UŽ JO PADIRBINĖJIMĄ BAUDŽIAMA PAGAL ĮSTATYMĄ. 500 (Translation: Security paper; its forgery is punishable under the law. 500) |
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The talonas was Lithuania's transitional currency, introduced in 1991 as a coupon system to control the flow of Soviet rubles out of the republic. By 1993, when this 500 talonas note was issued, the system had already outlived its purpose — the litas was reintroduced that same year at a fixed rate of 100 talonas to 1 litas, making the entire talonas series short-lived by design.
Printed domestically under constrained conditions, the production quality is noticeably inferior to the litas notes that replaced it. The watermark is simple and the paper stock unremarkable — a direct reflection of what was available to a newly independent government printing currency under genuine economic pressure.