Catalog
20 Kronen (CN stamp)
| Issuer | Istituto di Credito del Consiglio Nazionale, Città di Fiume |
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| Year | overprint on 1913 |
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| Currency | Austro-Hungarian Corona (1919-1920) |
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| Obverse lettering | CITTÀ DI ISTITUTO DI CREDITO DEL CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE FIUME II. KIADÁS (Translation: City of Fiume / Credit Institute of the National Council / Fiume / 2nd edition) |
| Reverse description | The German (Austrian) side of the underlying Austro-Hungarian 20 Kronen note (P#14) retains its original intaglio design, with a female allegorical vignette, Austrian imperial arms, and German-language text. Notes bearing the handstamp on this face rather than the Hungarian side are considered to have been stamped at a later date by private individuals, contrary to official regulations. |
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Fiume's postwar currency situation was chaotic by any measure. When the city's political status became genuinely unresolved following the 1918 armistice — neither cleanly Italian nor Yugoslav — the local Consiglio Nazionale improvised by stamping existing Austro-Hungarian Kronen notes with its own authority markings rather than waiting for a formal monetary settlement that, in practice, never came cleanly. The "CN" overstamp converted Imperial paper into a locally sanctioned instrument almost overnight.
D'Annunzio's 1919 seizure complicated matters further, as the city cycled through multiple competing authorities in rapid succession, each leaving its own mark on the circulating supply.