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10 Makedonki
| Issuer | Infopres, Skopje |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Left panel carries a line-engraved portrait vignette of Tsar Samuel within a dense Cyrillic word underprint reading МАКЕДОНКА; dates 976 and 1014 flank the portrait. Right panel shows a detailed pen-and-ink vignette of the medieval fortress walls at Ohrid with vegetation. Denomination numeral 10 and serial number appear at lower left; anti-counterfeiting legend runs vertically at right margin. |
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| Reverse description | Left panel bears a Cyrillic word underprint with a faint figural watermark-style vignette; date Скопје 15.01.1992 appears at lower left. Right panel presents a large oval vignette reproducing a historical relief sculpture with multiple figures in period dress, surmounted by the РЕПУБЛИКА МАКЕДОНИЈА heading. Publisher and director credits, souvenir disclaimer, and printer imprint are set in small Cyrillic text across the lower margin. |
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Macedonia declared independence in September 1991 and spent much of 1992 without a functioning national currency — the Yugoslav dinar was still nominally in use while the new state scrambled to establish monetary infrastructure. These makedonki coupons, printed domestically by Feniks Tabak rather than contracted to an established security printer, were a stopgap issued through Infopres rather than a conventional central bank. The choice of a local tobacco enterprise as printer reflects how improvised the whole operation was.
The makedonka series was replaced by the denar later in 1992. Short lifespan, local print run, no foreign security printing — surviving examples in any condition are underrepresented in Western collections.