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5 Qindtár
| Issuer | Përlimtaria e Shkodrës (City Treasury of Shkodër) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note in black ink over a red guilloche underprint. The central vignette consists of a large numeral '5' set within a circular frame flanked by ornamental scrollwork. Above, the inscription 'SIGURIM ARKE / I PËRLINTARËS / SHKODRËS' is printed in bold capitals, with additional Albanian text below giving the legal and redemption conditions; two handwritten signatures and a date appear at the lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | SIGURIM ARKE I PËRLINTARËS SHKODRËS QINOTÁR 5 QIND TÁR NËNRYETARI ARKËTARI |
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The Përlimtaria e Shkodrës issued this note during a period of acute monetary vacuum in northern Albania. Following World War I and the withdrawal of occupying forces, no functioning central authority existed capable of supplying currency to the region — so Shkodër's municipal treasury did it themselves. These hyper-local emissions were a practical fix, not a political statement.
The qindtar denominations were the smallest in the series, intended for everyday market transactions in a city whose commercial life ran on fractions. Municipal paper of this type rarely survived use in any quantity.