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1 Frank Kart (Paper)
| Issuer | Bashkia e Vlorës (Municipality of Vlorë/Valona) |
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| Year | 1924 |
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| Currency | Franc (1920-1926) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on a plain paper ground with a serrated decorative border running the full perimeter and corner numeral '1' repeated at each angle. A large circular red underprint at centre bears the text Frank 1 Kart. The surrounding text in Albanian sets out the legal basis and guarantee of the note, including a warning that counterfeiters will be prosecuted according to law. |
| Reverse lettering | Sigurohet me pasunin' e pa tundeshme të Bashkisë Paguhet me t'u paraqitur Frank 1 Kart Vendim' i Këshillit të Bashkisë më 11 Maj 1924 Falsifikonjësit dënohen pas ligjit |
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Vlorë's 1924 municipal scrip belongs to a brief and chaotic episode in Albanian monetary history when the central government had no functioning currency infrastructure to speak of, and coastal towns essentially fended for themselves. The Municipality of Vlorë — still called Valona in Italian administrative usage, reflecting the city's recent Ottoman and Italian occupations — issued these kartat as low-denomination tokens to fill a practical gap in daily commerce that national authorities couldn't address.
Albanian municipal issues from this period are among the rarest surviving paper items from the Balkans. Most circulated hard and were discarded once superseded; institutional preservation was nonexistent.