Catalog
10 Filira
| Issuer | Gradska Blagajna Zagreb (City Treasury of Zagreb) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue guilloche underprint with wavy-line patterns on white paper, overprinted in brown letterpress. The denomination numeral '10' appears in ornate frames at left and right, flanked by vertical floral border strips. The issuer inscription 'SLOB. I KR. GLAVNI GRAD ZAGREB' is set across the upper portion in bold display type, with the central text block stating the payment obligation of the city treasury, the denomination 'FILIRA 10 FILIRA', the date 'ZAGREB, 14. LIPNJA 1919', and the title 'GR. NAČELNIK' above a manuscript facsimile signature. |
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| Obverse lettering | SLOB. I KR. GLAVNI GRAD ZAGREB GRADSKA BLAGAJNA ISPLAĆUJE NA OVU NOVČANICU U ZAKONITOJ KRUNSKOJ VRIJEDNOSTI. FILIRA 10 FILIRA ZAGREB, 14. LIPNJA 1919 GR. NAČELNIK |
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Zagreb's City Treasury issued emergency fractional notes in 1919 to address a severe shortage of small change that plagued the newly proclaimed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in its first chaotic months. Central monetary authority was still being assembled, and municipalities across the former Austro-Hungarian territories filled the gap themselves. Zagreb was among the more organized issuers — the Gradska Blagajna operated with at least nominal administrative structure, unlike some purely ad hoc local efforts.
These notgeld-style pieces circulated alongside Habsburg-era coinage still in use, and their redemption was never guaranteed once the National Bank of the Kingdom established proper fractional currency.