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10 Vinarjev
| Issuer | Mestna občina Maribor (City Municipality of Maribor) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 10 Vinarjev (0.10) |
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| Obverse lettering | Vrednostnica mestne občine Maribor izdana s pritrdilom poverjeništva ministrstva finance za Slovenijo in Istro v Ljubljani z dne 6. okt. 1919, šl. 632 |
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| Reverse lettering | Veljavno do vštevši 30. junija 1920. Vrednostnica mestne občine Maribor Mestna občina Maribor je obvezana to vrednostnico vnovčiti proti postavni gotovini potom mestne blagajnice. Vladni komisar: Pfeifer s. r. Ponarejanje te vrednostnice je postavno kaznljive. |
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In the chaotic months following the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, municipalities across the newly proclaimed State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs found themselves without adequate small change. Maribor — only recently contested between Austrian and Yugoslav claimants, with the final border settlement still unresolved — issued its own emergency fractional currency, the "vinar" being the Slovene equivalent of the heller. These notgeld-style pieces filled a genuine void; the new state had no functioning mint and no distribution network capable of reaching every provincial town.
The Pfeifer signature likely refers to a municipal treasurer or finance official of the period, though the name appears in no standardized list of Yugoslav banking authorities — appropriate, given that this note has no banking authority behind it at all.