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5 Perpera - Nikola I
| Issuer | Montenegro |
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| Year | 1912-1914 |
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| Value | 5 Perpera |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
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| Reverse description | The crowned and mantled royal arms of Montenegro occupy the central field, depicting a double-headed eagle bearing a shield charged with a lion passant, the whole surmounted by a royal crown above an ermine-lined mantle. Flanking the arms are sprigs of oak on the left and olive on the right. The numeral '5' appears on a ribbon below the shield, with the denomination ПЕРПЕРА inscribed on a rectangular tablet beneath. The date appears in the exergue, and the Cyrillic legend КРАЉЕВИНА ЦРНА ГОРА curves along the upper periphery within a beaded border. |
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Montenegro's perpera coinage was introduced in 1906 when Prince Nikola I — who would declare himself king four years later — established a national currency to assert political independence from Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian financial influence. The 5 Perpera was the largest silver denomination in the series, and the 1912–1914 date range places it squarely within the Balkan Wars, during which Montenegro was actively at war and the perpera circulated under genuine military and economic strain.
Production was handled by the Vienna mint. Montenegro had no minting infrastructure of its own.