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1 Lira Free Territory of Trieste - zone B
| Issuer | Gospodarska banka za Istru, Rijeku i Slovensko Primorje |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Currency | Lira (1807-1947) |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress print on paper with embedded color fibers, framed by an ornate border of interlaced guilloche bands with rosette and star motifs. At center, a circular vignette encloses the Yugoslav coat of arms with a five-pointed star, flanked by the numeral 1 at left and right within decorative cartouches. The date 1945 appears within the central device. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 LIRA Krivotvorenje se kažnjava po zakonu Ponarejanje se kaznuje po zakonu La legge punisce i falsificatori (Translation: Counterfeiting will be punished by law in 3 languages (Croatian, Slovenian, Italian).) |
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The Free Territory of Trieste was divided into two occupation zones after World War II, and Zone B — administered by Yugoslavia — required its own currency infrastructure almost immediately. The Gospodarska banka za Istru, Rijeku i Slovensko Primorje was established specifically to serve this contested strip of the Istrian coast, issuing notes denominated in lire to maintain nominal continuity with the existing Italian monetary framework while Yugoslav economic control was quietly consolidated underneath it.
Having the notes printed in Zagreb by the Croatian state printer, rather than locally, reflects both the logistical realities of 1945 and where actual political authority resided. The color-fiber paper was a low-cost security measure common to emergency issues of the period.