500 Talonas 'Coupon'

Descrizione del dritto	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Legenda del dritto	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Descrizione del rovescio	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Legenda del rovescio	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Firma/e	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Tipo di protezione	Watermark
Descrizione della protezione	Repeated pattern of small circles with design elements inside, visible when held to light.
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Commenti	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.