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20 Corone 1st edition
| Issuer | Città di Fiume |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Austrian side of the Austro-Hungarian Bank 20 Kronen note (dated 2 January 1913), with an intaglio vignette of a young woman at left within an Art Nouveau guilloche frame, and the oval 'CITTA DI FIUME' handstamp applied at upper right over the Hungarian coat of arms. Three manuscript signatures appear below the denomination text. |
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| Obverse lettering | CITTA DI FIUME (Translation: City of Fiume) ZWANZIG KRONEN DIE OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK ZAHLT GEGEN DIESE BANKNOTE BEI IHREN HAUPTANSTALTEN IN WIEN UND BUDAPEST SOFORT AUF VERLANGEN IN GESETZLICHEM METALLGELDE WIEN 2. JÄNNER 1913 OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK DIE NACHMACHUNG DER BANKNOTEN WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT DVACET KORUN · DWADZIEŚCIA KORON · ДВАЙЦІТЬ КОРОН VENTI CORONE · DVAJSET KRON · DVADESET KRUNA ДВАДЕСЕТ КРУНА · DOUEZECI COROANE |
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Fiume's status in 1920 was genuinely unresolved — neither Italian nor Yugoslav, governed briefly as the Italian Regency of Carnaro under Gabriele D'Annunzio before his forces were expelled by the Italian army in the "Bloody Christmas" operation of December 1920. These notes were issued by the city administration, the Città di Fiume, during that liminal period when the territory was operating outside any recognized sovereign framework and needed workable local currency to function.
The "1st edition" designation distinguishes it from a subsequent issue, suggesting the administration anticipated a longer independent existence than events allowed.