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0,50 Lirë Italiane
| Issuer | Dhoma Tregtare e Beratit (Chamber of Commerce of Berat) |
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| Year | 1924 |
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| Value | 0,50 Lirë Italiane |
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| Obverse description | Red letterpress printing on a light guilloche underprint throughout. The issuer's name 'DHOMA TREGTARE E BERATIT' runs along the top within a rectangular border of repetitive ornamental motifs. The central area bears the denomination '0,50' within a dotted oval frame, flanked by the inscriptions 'LIRË' to the left and 'ITALIANE' to the right. A handwritten serial number appears at the lower left, with the date inscription 'Me të çfaqur paguhet Maj 1924' at the lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Red letterpress printing on a light guilloche underprint with a decorative border of chain-link and geometric ornaments. A central vignette portrays a jester or harlequin figure in full stride, raising one arm aloft. The denomination '0,50' and the legend 'GJYSMË / Lirë Italiane' are repeated symmetrically in the left and right panels, each followed by a signature line captioned 'Arketar' and 'Kryetar' respectively. The printer's imprint 'Shtryp. Dhori Koti, Korçe' appears along the lower margin. |
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Albanian Chamber of Commerce emergency notes from the early 1920s are among the rarest locally-produced issues in all of Balkan notaphily. The Dhoma Tregtare e Beratit issued this fractional note to address a chronic shortage of small-denomination currency in Berat — a problem that plagued much of Albania during the years when the newly independent state had no functioning central bank and Italian lire circulated alongside a patchwork of local scrip.
Shtypshkronja Dhori Koti in Korçë was the most technically capable Albanian printing house of the period, though "capable" is relative — production was modest, and survival rates for this series are extremely low.