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| Uitgever | Lithuanian Government |
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| Jaar | 1993 |
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| Valuta | Talonas (1991-1993) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Brown intaglio print on blue and olive-brown guilloche underprint. The denomination numeral and ornamental branch motifs occupy the centre of the note, with the Lithuanian National Coat of Arms — the Vytis — at left. All principal inscriptions are rendered in brown letterpress against the multicolour underprint. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Brown on blue and olive-brown guilloche underprint. The central vignette carries a pair of grey wolves — one standing and one recumbent — rendered in fine intaglio engraving against an intricate wave-pattern guilloche field. The denomination numeral '500' appears in the upper right and lower left corners, while the anti-counterfeiting legend is printed in olive at the upper left. |
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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.