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10 Perpera Austro-Hungarian Occupation in WWI - Army Administration
| Issuer | K.u.K. Militärgeneralgovernement in Montenegro (Imperial and Royal Military General Governorate in Montenegro) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 10 Perpera |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is laid out in a dense, purely typographic format presenting bilingual text in Serbian (Latin script) and Albanian, specifying the categories of Montenegrin state treasury warrants exchangeable for this note and the prescribed conversion rates. The redemption conditions, rate equivalencies, and references to governing ordinances are set out in plain administrative prose without decorative elements, adhering to the austere format typical of military occupation currency issued under the K.u.K. Militärgeneralgovernement. The text concludes with the place and date of issue, Cetinje, 1 June 1917, followed by the title and facsimile signature of the Imperial and Royal Military General Governor. |
| Reverse lettering | UPUTNICA NA DESET PERPERA u onim uputnicama na državnu blagajnu iz emisije od 25. jula 1914. st. kal. ili 10. maja 1915. st. kal. ili 4. decembra 1915 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 PET ZVEČEĆIH PERPERA ILI PET KRUNA 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, 1. juna 1917. C. i kr. voj. generalni guverner (signature) |
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Montenegro was occupied by Austro-Hungarian forces in January 1916 following the capitulation of the Montenegrin army, and the K.u.K. Militärgeneralgovernement administered the territory directly rather than installing a puppet government. These occupation notes were issued to facilitate military administration and troop payments, effectively displacing the Montenegrin perper from circulation in Austrian-controlled zones.
The choice to denominate in perpera rather than Austro-Hungarian kronen was a deliberate administrative decision — it avoided the appearance of outright annexation while the empire's longer-term plans for the region remained unresolved at the diplomatic level. Montenegro was never formally incorporated.
The watermark is the sole security feature, a thin concession for what was intended as a short-lived military instrument.