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100 Lir
| Issuer | Okrožni NOO (Narodno Osvobodilni Odbor) za Baško (District National Liberation Committee for Baško) |
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| Year | 1944-1945 |
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| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Typewritten and handwritten receipt-style note on plain paper, divided by a central vertical fold. The upper portion bears the printed heading 'Okrožni NCO (OCOF) za Baško' at left and a serial number field at right, with the word 'POTRDILO' (Receipt/Certificate) centered below. The body contains handwritten entries recording the payer's name, date '31.5.44', and the amount of 100 Lire in numerals and words, followed by the phrase 'v posojilo svobode' (into the loan of freedom). A large red five-pointed star stamp appears at upper right, and a circular red partisan organizational stamp is impressed at upper left; signature lines for 'Predsednik' (President), 'Pooblaščenec' (Authorized agent), and 'Finančni referent' (Financial officer) appear at the base, each completed in manuscript. |
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| Obverse lettering | Okrožni NCO (OCOF) za Baško. Štev. POTRDILO. Tov. je vplačal(a) dne znесек Lir (z besedami) v posojilo svobode. Za Baški ONOO (OOOF): Predsednik: Pooblaščenec: Finančni referent: |
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The Okrožni NOO za Baško was one of dozens of district-level partisan committees that issued emergency currency across occupied and liberated Yugoslav territories during the final years of the war. These local issues were stopgap instruments, filling the vacuum left by the collapse of Italian lira circulation in the Slovenian Littoral after Italy's armistice in September 1943. The Baška district — situated in the Kvarner region — fell under the administrative reach of the Slovenian Liberation Front's territorial network.
Survival rates for these hyper-local issues are poor. Most were produced on whatever materials were available, circulated briefly, and replaced as partisan administrative structures consolidated under larger regional authorities.