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1 Mark Opština Goražde
| Issuer | Opština Goražde (Municipality of Goražde) |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Uniface emergency currency voucher (devizni bon) printed in blue on cream paper. Central vignette consists of a stylised geometric emblem inscribed 'GORAŽDE' and dated 1993, flanked by two denomination cartouches each bearing the numeral '1' within ornamental scroll borders. Authority inscriptions appear at upper left, serial number and series designation at upper right, with two manuscript signatures and printed titles at lower left and right. |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream paper, largely unprinted, with a circular violet official stamp applied off-centre bearing Cyrillic text referencing Goražde and a shield device, likely a municipal or philatelic society seal. |
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Goražde was one of the six United Nations-declared safe areas during the Bosnian War, yet it endured some of the most sustained shelling of the conflict. Completely encircled by Bosnian Serb forces through much of 1993, the municipality had no functioning supply lines and no access to the Bosnian central bank's currency. Local authorities printed their own fractional notes simply to keep internal trade moving — a stopgap measure born of siege conditions, not monetary policy.
These emergency municipally-issued marks are among the most geographically localized wartime issues from the entire Yugoslav succession period. Printed locally under blockade, the physical quality reflects exactly what was available at the time.