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0,25 Franga Argjènt (Silver Franc)
| Issuer | Bashkija e Korçës (Municipality of Korçë) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | ¼ Franga Argjënt |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided municipal note printed in red-brown on pale paper, enclosed within a decorative guilloche border of interlaced vine motifs. The issuer's name BASHKIJA E KORÇËS is inscribed across the upper portion, with the large numeral 0.25 at centre; below appears the denomination line FRG. ARGJENT and the Albanian text PAGUHET NR TIU ÇAQUR. Two secretarial signature lines appear at the base, flanked by the title SEKRETAR on each side, with a manuscript date. |
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| Obverse lettering | BASHKIJA E KORÇËS 0.25 FRG. ARGJENT PAGUHET NR TIU ÇAQUR SEKRETAR SEKRETAR |
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One of the more unusual municipal paper issues in interwar European numismatics. Korçë — historically a Greek-influenced trading town in southeastern Albania — issued its own fractional currency in 1923 because the newly independent Albanian state had not yet established a functioning national monetary system. The frangar argjënt series filled a genuine transactional void, not a political one.
The 0.25 denomination is the smallest in the Korçë municipal series, and locally printed Albanian issues of this period are notoriously fragile. The paper stock used was thin and poorly sized, which means intact, unrepaired examples are considerably harder to find than the circulation numbers alone would suggest.