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100 Lit 25 Reichsmark counterstamped
| Issuer | Gospodarski-Finančni Odbor Osvobodilne Fronte Slovenskega Naroda |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | SMRT FAŠIZMU SVOBODA NARODU OSVOBODILNA FRONTA SLOVENSKEGA NARODA GOSPODARSKO-FINANČNI ODBOR OSVOBODILNE FRONTE IZPLAČA IMETNIKU TRI MESECE PO POPOLNI OSVOBODITVI 100 Lit 25RM V TEDANJI NARODNI VALUTI |
| Reverse description | Cream paper with repeating circular underprint throughout. The reverse carries two columns of Slovenian text setting out five numbered terms of the Freedom Loan (Posojilo Svobode), issued by SNOO. A large violet rectangular cancellation stamp is applied diagonally at upper left, and a small vignette stamp of the Osvobodilna Fronta appears at centre. |
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The Gospodarski-Finančni Odbor Osvobodilne Fronte Slovenskega Naroda — the Economic-Financial Committee of the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People — issued this note by overprinting captured or surrendered Reichsmark currency rather than printing from scratch. It was a pragmatic wartime measure: the partisan administration lacked press infrastructure but needed a functioning medium of exchange in liberated territories. Counterstamping enemy currency was faster, cheaper, and carried an obvious political charge.
The 25 RM base note, now revalued at 100 Lit, was effectively delegitimized as German currency and re-authorized under partisan jurisdiction in a single stamp. Few examples survived the postwar transition — the notes had no validity after liberation was complete.