Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Maisto talonai, Gruodis 1992
| Issuer | Government of Lithuania |
|---|---|
| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | 120 x 80 mm |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Lithuanian food ration coupon (talonas) in orange and black, with denomination numerals (1, 2, 3, 4) arranged in a simple bordered frame. The month "GRUODIS" (December) and year "1992m" are inscribed centrally, with the legend "TALONAS" above in bold letterpress. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA (Translation: LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA = Republic of Lithuania) |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Lithuania's food coupons — "maisto talonai" — were a stopgap measure introduced as the country severed its economic ties with the Soviet ruble zone. The December 1992 series came near the end of this rationing system; the litas had not yet returned to full circulation, and the coupons functioned as parallel instruments to control access to subsidized staple goods during a period of acute shortages and hyperinflationary pressure on the interim talonas currency.
Printed by Spindulys in Kaunas, a press with roots in interwar Lithuanian publishing, these were produced domestically — a deliberate signal of administrative independence as much as a logistical necessity.