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1 Perper Austro-Hungarian Occupation in WWI - Army Administration
| Issuer | K.u.K. Militärgeneralgouvernement in Montenegro (Imperial and Royal Military General-Governorate in Montenegro) |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is set in German-language letterpress text, conveying the issuing authority, the face value, and the established exchange rate as decreed by the Austro-Hungarian military administration. The layout is typographic in character, with no pictorial vignette, relying entirely on formal printed text arranged in hierarchical blocks. The overall design reflects the utilitarian nature of occupation currency issued under wartime administrative directives. |
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| Reverse lettering | UPUTNICA NA JEDAN PERPER u onim uputnicama na državnu blagajnu iz emisije od 25. jula 1914. st. kal. ili 10. maja 1915. st. kal. ili 4. decembra1915. st. kal., koje leže u javnim blagajnama c. i kr. Vojne Uprave u Crnoj Gori. Po vrijednosnom razmjeru utvrđenom u 1. Naredbe Vrhovnog Vojnog Zapovjednika od 16. juna 1916, broj 8 Vjestnika Naredaba, iznaša vrijednost ove uputnice PEDESET ZVEČEĆIH PARA ILI PEDESET HELERA. Za primanje ove uputnice važe zakonske odredbe o dužnosti primanja perperskih uputnica. Na javnim blagajnama primat će se uplate sa ovom uputnicom po gore označenom vrijednosnom raz- mjeru (3. Naredbe od 10.januara 1917., broj 20 Vjestnika Naredaba i članka II. Naredbe od 29. juna 1917, broj 29 Vjestnika Naredaba). Cetinje, 5. jula 1917 C. i kr. voj. generalni guverner (signature) |
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Montenegro fell to Austro-Hungarian forces in January 1916 after a brief campaign, and the K.u.K. Militärgeneralgouvernement administered the occupied territory with its own parallel currency. The Perper had been the monetary unit of the independent Kingdom of Montenegro since 1906, and the occupying authority retained the denomination rather than imposing the Krone outright — a calculated concession to local familiarity that made compliance easier to enforce.
The 1 Perper is the lowest value in the 1917 Military General-Governorate issue, and low-denomination occupation notes from minor theaters of WWI rarely survived in any quantity. Troops and civilians alike used them hard, and postwar redemption programs had little incentive to preserve them.