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Maisto talonai, Balandis 1992
| Issuer | Republic of Lithuania |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Printer | Spindulys AB, Kaunas, Lithuania (1928-2009) |
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| Obverse lettering | TALONAS 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 BALANDIS 1992 (Translation: TALONAS = Coupon BALANDIS = April) |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries repeated panels bearing the inscription LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA above the Vytis vignette — an armored knight on horseback — set against a guilloche underprint. A serial number appears in red ink. |
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Lithuania's April 1992 food coupons — "maisto talonai" — were issued during the acute shortage period following independence, when the ruble was still nominally in circulation but consumer goods distribution had collapsed. The coupons functioned as rationing instruments rather than currency, entitling holders to specific food allocations at state-controlled prices during a particularly difficult spring.
Spindulys, the Kaunas printer that produced them, had roots going back to the interwar republic — the same firm that handled much of the original Lithuanian litas printing infrastructure before the Soviet occupation.