Catalog
Maisto talonai, Vasaris 1993
| Issuer | Republic of Lithuania |
|---|---|
| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Vouchers |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| 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 | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | TALONAS 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 VASARIS 1993 (Translation: TALONAS = Coupon VASARIS = FEBRUARY) |
| Reverse description | The reverse consists of repeated panel units each bearing the inscription LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA above a vignette of the Vytis — an armored knight on horseback — set within a guilloche patterned ground. A serial number is printed in black. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| 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 1993 food ration coupons — "maisto talonai" — were a direct consequence of the supply disruptions that followed the Soviet collapse and the early transition to a market economy. They were not currency in the strict sense but circulated alongside banknotes as a state-controlled rationing instrument, limiting purchases of staple goods during a period when shelves were genuinely bare and price liberalization had outpaced supply stabilization.
Spindulys AB in Kaunas had a long history of printing sensitive documents for Lithuanian state institutions going back to the interwar republic. Their involvement here was practical — domestic production avoided hard currency printing contracts abroad at a moment when Lithuania had very little of either.