R12 |
YUGOSLAVIA - Italian Occupation of Montenegro |
Value |
50 Dinara |
Issued by |
Narodna Banka Kraljevine Jugoslavije |
Date |
01.12.1931 (1941) |
Revalidation |
Handstamp "VERIFICATO" on YUGOSLAVIA P-28 |
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King Aleksandar Karađorđević, Bay of Kotor/Cattaro |
Equestrian statue of Marko Kraljević (by Ivan Meštrović), arms |
Remark |
Upon the Italian invasion in WWII, the Yugoslav Treasury was
anxious to take to safety the whole stock of money in its possession. The
men in charge took the Treasury away up to the Montenegro mountains, with
the Italian army following closely on their heels. When they were finally
surrounded by the Italians, they were forced to make a quick decision: They
packed the whole stock in a grotto and lit it. But peasants of the
neighborhood managed to save a huge amount of these notes and get away with
it. |
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