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5 Lir Yugoslav partisans, first issue
| Issuer | Denarni Zavod Slovenije (Monetary Institute of Slovenia) |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 5 Lir |
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| Reverse description | Light green letterpress design on cream paper, centred on a large oval guilloche frame with the bold two-line inscription 'PET LIR' flanked by squared panels each bearing the numeral '5'. The serial number with prefix 'AA' and a small asterisk appear at lower left. Surrounding the central vignette, red letterpress text arranged along all four margins carries the authorising decree text dated 20 February 1944 and 12 March 1944. |
| Reverse lettering | 5 PET LIR ODLOK PREDSEDSTVA SNOS O POOBLASTITVI DENARNEGA ZAVODA SLOVENIJE PRI PREDSEDSTVU SNOS ZA IZDAJO ČILNEGA BONA Z DNE 20. II. 1944. PLAČILNIH BONOV Z DNE 12. III. 1944. V ZVEZI Z ODLOKOM SNOS O IZDAJI PLA |
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Denarni Zavod Slovenije was established by the Slovenian partisan movement in 1944 to create a functioning monetary system within liberated territory — one of the very few resistance administrations in occupied Europe to actually issue printed currency rather than relying on confiscated or foreign notes. The Triglav Tiskarna operated clandestinely in the forests of Goteniški Snežnik, printing under conditions that make the physical consistency of the series genuinely remarkable.
Paper supply was irregular, and some notes in this first issue show slight variations in stock weight as a result.