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2 Kune
| Issuer | City Municipality of Zagreb (Gradska Obćina Zagreb) |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Value | 2 Kune |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue on white paper and is dominated by an intricate interlaced guilloche border with repeating scroll and chain motifs. The denomination numeral '2' appears in bold within diamond-shaped cartouches at the left and right, while the central text panel carries the issuing authority inscription in multiple lines. The date 'Zagreb, 1. rujna 1942.' and the mayor's facsimile signature appear at the lower centre and lower right respectively. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Zagreb's municipal government issued these small-denomination notes in 1942 to address a chronic shortage of fractional currency — a problem that afflicted much of occupied Europe as coin metal was redirected toward the war effort. The Hrvatska državna tiskara had been the principal state printer under the Ustasha-administered Independent State of Croatia since 1941, handling everything from official documents to currency for both the NDH government and subordinate bodies like the city administration.
Widmayer's involvement across both faces is worth noting — municipal scrip of this kind rarely received coherent design attention. The watermarked paper was an unusual security investment for a note whose practical ceiling was covering a streetcar fare.