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2 Talonas - Lapkritis (November) (Bond)
| Issuer | Government of Lithuania |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 2 Talonas |
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| Obverse description | Brown guilloche underprint covers the entire face of this small ration coupon. The numeral '2' appears at upper left and lower right, with the month name 'Lapkritis' (November) in italic script at upper right and lower left. The word 'TALONAS' is printed in bold serif capitals across the centre, framed by two horizontal rules. |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 Lapkritis TALONAS Lapkritis 2 1992 |
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The talonas was Lithuania's transitional coupon currency, introduced in 1991 as a parallel tender alongside Soviet rubles while the country prepared to restore the litas. By late 1992 the talonas had become the sole legal tender, and this November-dated bond issue belongs to the chaotic final phase of that arrangement — a period when denominations multiplied rapidly to keep pace with post-Soviet inflation. The month of issue printed on these notes is what distinguishes individual releases within the series, functioning almost as a batch code.
At 60 x 40 mm, this is among the smallest paper currency issued by any European state in the modern era — a consequence of wartime-level paper shortages, not a deliberate design choice.