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| Issuer | Përlimtarja e Shkodrës (Treasury of Shkodër) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Qindtár |
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| Obverse lettering | SIGURIM ARKE I PERLIMTARES SE SHKODRES PEMBI QINDTÁR 10 QINDTÁR PERLIMTARJA E SHKODRES PENGOHET PER KET DETYRE ME TE GJITH GJANE E TUNGSHME E TE PA-TUNGSHME TE VETEN SHKODER 30-I-1920 NENKRYETARI KRYETARI KESHELLTARI |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in the same dark red-brown ink within a single-rule rectangular border, the entire field occupied by a dense block of Albanian-language text set in letterpress. The text constitutes the formal legal and financial terms of the treasury obligation note, referencing a loan of 50,000 gold francs and conditions for redemption, with a maturity clause citing 30 VI 1920 and 1 00 VI 1920. No pictorial vignette is present; the composition relies entirely on the typeset inscription. |
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| Comments |
The Përlimtarja e Shkodrës was a purely local emergency issuer — Shkodër's treasury printed these notes in 1920 during a period when central Albanian authority had effectively collapsed and the region was operating in a near-autonomous administrative vacuum following the withdrawal of international forces. There was no functioning national bank to fall back on.
Printed locally in Shkodër rather than abroad, the notes reflect the material constraints of the moment. Production quality was accordingly modest. The qindtár denominations from this issuer are among the more obscure Albanian provincial issues and rarely appear in commerce.