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Maisto talonai, Spalis 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 description | Dark blue and sky blue coupon with face value in numerals at left, month inscription SPALIS and year 1992m centred, with TALONAS legend above; the overall layout is simple and utilitarian, framed by a plain ruled border. |
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| Reverse lettering | LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA (Translation: LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA = Republic of Lithuania) |
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Lithuania's October 1992 food coupons — "maisto talonai" — were a stopgap rationing instrument issued during the acute supply crisis that followed independence and the severing of Soviet distribution networks. They circulated alongside the litas transitional currency at a moment when basic goods were still being allocated rather than freely traded.
Spindulys, the Kaunas printing house with roots back to 1928, handled production domestically — an early exercise in sovereign printing capacity for a state that had only recently reclaimed its institutions.