1 Lira Yugoslav partisans, second issue

The Denarni Zavod Slovenije was established by the Liberation Front in liberated territory during the German and Italian occupation, issuing notes to give the Slovenian partisan administration a functioning monetary instrument independent of the occupation currencies. This second issue was printed by ZIN in Belgrade — an arrangement that became possible only after liberation of Serbian territory in late 1944, distinguishing it from earlier partisan notes produced under far more improvised conditions.

The shift to a state printing facility mid-occupation is the detail worth registering here. First-issue notes had to be produced clandestinely; by the time this denomination reached ZIN, the military situation had changed enough to permit it.