Catalog
1 Perper
| Issuer | Glavna Državna Blagajna (Main State Treasury) of Montenegro |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 1 Perper |
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| Reverse lettering | КРАЉЕВИНА ЦРНАГОРА ЈЕДАН ПЕРПЕР Упутнице издана на основу закона од 25. јула 1914. Прављење и протурање лажних упутница казниће се по § 8. 145 и 146. кривичног закона. |
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| Protection description | Circular pink ink control stamp applied by hand at centre of both obverse and reverse. |
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Montenegro's decision to print its own paper currency at Cetinje in 1914 was driven by the acute coin shortage that followed the Balkan Wars of 1912–13. The Perper had existed as a coin since 1906, but the state lacked the infrastructure and bullion reserves to keep metallic currency in adequate supply once wartime hoarding set in.
Printing domestically rather than commissioning a foreign security printer was unusual for a state this small, and the quality reflects that — the control stamp served as the primary anti-counterfeiting measure because the printing itself offered little protection. Within months of issue, the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Montenegro in early 1916 rendered these notes functionally worthless.