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2 Euros Islamic Community of Kosovo's HQ, without counterfoils

Issuer Islamic Community of the Republic of Kosovo
Year 2015
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Size 87 x 63 mm
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Obverse description Pale off-white ground with a faint honeycomb underprint. Upper left bears a circular vignette of a mosque rendered in grey tones, beside the issuing authority's name in letterpress. Centre carries the large bold legend SADEKATUL-FITRI 2015, with a Quranic verse in Albanian below; denomination numeral 2 appears within a dark serrated roundel at lower right. Serial number printed in red at foot.
Obverse lettering REPUBLIKA E KOSOVËS
BASHKËSIA ISLAME E REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS
KRYESIA
SADEKATUL-FITRI
2015
"Merr prej pasurisë së tyre sadakë që t'i pastrosh me të dhe t'u shtosh (të mirat)".
(Et-Tevbe, 103)
2
euro
0100064
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The Islamic Community of Kosovo has issued small-denomination vouchers — sometimes called "kupon" notes — for internal administrative or charitable use, a practice with scattered precedent among religious organizations in the Balkans. These are not legal tender and carry no state backing; their authority derives entirely from the issuing institution. Kosovo's parallel financial instruments from non-state bodies occupy a genuinely grey area, given that the country itself only declared independence in 2008 and still lacks universal recognition.

The absence of counterfoils on this example suggests it circulated beyond a controlled booklet — or that the foils were separated at point of use, which is the more common scenario.

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