R13 |
YUGOSLAVIA - Italian Occupation of Montenegro |
Value |
100 Dinara |
Issued by |
Narodna Banka Kraljevine Jugoslavije |
Date |
01.12.1929 (1941) |
Revalidation |
Handstamp "VERIFICATO" on YUGOSLAVIA P-27 |
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"Serbia", Belgrade |
Sailing boats, man, arms |
R13a |
Watermark: Miloš Obrenović (Head with light moustache; only top of collar visible) |
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R13b |
Watermark: Alexander I (Head with dark moustache; full collar visible) |
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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