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2 Perpera
| Issuer | Glavna Državna Blagajna (Main State Treasury) of Montenegro |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 2 Perpera |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a dense, all-over letterpress underprint of repeating Cyrillic text 'КРАЉЕВИНА ЦРНАГОРА' forming a tight guilloche-like background pattern across the entire surface. Superimposed at centre is the bold Cyrillic inscription 'КРАЉЕВИНА ЦРНАГОРА' and the denomination 'ДВА ПЕРПЕРА'. Below, a legal notice references the law of 25 July 1914 authorising the issue, followed by a warning in smaller Cyrillic script citing articles of the penal code against counterfeiting. The denomination numeral '2' appears in each corner. |
| Reverse lettering | КРАЉЕВИНА ЦРНАГОРА ДВА ПЕРПЕРА Упутница издана на основу закона од 25. јула 1914. Прављење и протурање лажних упутница кажњаваће се по §. §. 145 и 146. кривичног закона. |
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Montenegro's 1914 emergency issue was printed locally at Cetinje — unusual for a country that had previously relied on foreign printers for its paper currency. The outbreak of war in July 1914 made foreign contracting impossible, and the Glavna Državna Blagajna turned to domestic production under severe material constraints. The results were predictably crude by European standards of the period.
Within two years, Montenegrin paper money became historically moot. Austrian occupation in January 1916 effectively ended the kingdom's financial autonomy, and these notes were eventually superseded by occupation currency.