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| Uitgever | Republic of Lithuania |
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| Jaar | 1992 |
| Type | Log in om details te zien |
| Waarde | 500 Talonas |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beveiligingstype | Watermark |
| Beschrijving beveiliging | Large squarish diamond with symbol of the republic throughout paper. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Lithuania's talonas was introduced in May 1992 as a parallel currency alongside the Soviet ruble, which was still circulating — a transitional device designed to assert monetary control before a fully independent currency could be established. The name itself was borrowed from the Russian word for coupon, a deliberate nod to the ration-coupon system that had preceded it. Critically, the talonas was non-convertible from the outset, which made hoarding pointless and drove circulation even as the public distrusted it.
Spindulys in Kaunas had been printing documents and books since the interwar republic. That a domestic printer handled this series mattered politically, even if the security specifications were modest — a simple watermark being the primary protection against counterfeiting.