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10 Perpera
| Issuer | Glavna Državna Blagajna (Royal Treasury of Montenegro) |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 10 Perpera |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in the same red-brown ink on plain paper, with the denomination numeral 10 in each corner. The word КРАЉЕВИНА arches across the top in large ornate Cyrillic letters flanked by the corner numerals, while ЦРНА and ГОРА appear in matching large Cyrillic text to the left and right of the central royal coat of arms — a crowned double-headed eagle. The value ДЕСЕТ ПЕРПЕРА is overprinted across the coat of arms, and a circular official stamp in violet ink appears at lower left. The lower portion carries the legend Упутница издана на основу закона од 25. јула 1914. |
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| Protection description | Circular violet ink official control stamp applied on both obverse and reverse |
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Montenegro's Glavna Državna Blagajna issued these treasury notes in 1914 as the country mobilized for the First Balkan War's aftermath and then the opening of the First World War. Without a central bank of its own, Montenegro relied on the Royal Treasury to put paper into circulation — an arrangement that made these notes a direct instrument of state finance rather than orthodox banking.
The sole security feature was an official stamp, which made counterfeiting a genuine concern. Authenticated examples show considerable variation in stamp placement and ink depth.