Catalog
1 Lira Yugoslav partisans, first issue
| Issuer | Denarni Zavod Slovenije (Monetary Institute of Slovenia) |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown and orange on white paper, the reverse centres on a bold square vignette with a guilloche rosette border enclosing the word "LIRA" and the numeral "1" in white relief against a dark brown background. Numeral "1" counters in orange appear at each corner within scalloped frames. Flanking the central vignette are two columns of Slovenian-language legal text citing the SNOS decrees of 20 February 1944 and 12 March 1944 authorising the issue. A serial number prefix "AA" followed by a six-digit number and an asterisk appears at the lower left. |
| Reverse lettering | ODLOK PREDSEDSTVA SNOS O POOBLASTITVI DENARNEGA ZAVODA SLOVENIJE PRI PREDSEDSTVU SNOS ZA IZDAJO PLAČILNIH BONOV Z DNE 12. III. 1944 V ZV. Z ODLOKOM SNOS O IZDAJI PLAČ. BONA Z DNE 20. II. 1944 LIRA |
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The Denarni Zavod Slovenije was established by the Slovenian partisan movement in 1944 to create a functioning monetary system in liberated territory — a direct assertion of administrative authority by the Liberation Front while German and Italian occupation forces still held much of the country. This 1 Lira belongs to the first emission, printed clandestinely at the Triglav Tiskarna, a mobile partisan press operating in the forests of Goteniški Snežnik.
Survival rates are low. Occupation forces actively sought out and destroyed partisan currency infrastructure, and the printing operation itself had to move repeatedly to avoid raids.