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50 Helera
| Issuer | Opština Glavnog Grada Sarajeva (Municipality of the City of Sarajevo) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1919 |
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| Obverse description | Light brown guilloche underprint on yellowish paper with dark brown letterpress text. The note carries the heading 'OPŠTINA GLAV. GRADA SARAJEVA.' at top, with the denomination 'sa 50 helera' printed in large bold type at centre. Below, the validity date of 31 December 1919, the issue date of 20 September 1919, and the title 'Predsjednik opštine:' appear above a manuscript facsimile signature. A two-line authorization text referencing the Ministry of Finance order of 9 July 1919 (I. br. 1796) is printed in small type at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | OPŠTINA GLAV. GRADA SARAJEVA. Ovu naputnicu izmjenjuju sve gradske blagajne sa 50 helera u zakonitoj vrijednosti do 31. decembra 1919. Sarajevo, 20. sept. 1919. Predsjednik opštine: Odobreno po ministarstvu finansija naredbom od 9. juta 1919. I. br. 1796 time, da ovaj sitni papirni novac može cirkulirati samo u području grada Sarajeva |
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Sarajevo's municipal government issued these small-denomination emergency notes in 1919 to address a genuine coin shortage in the immediate aftermath of the collapse of Austro-Hungarian administration. The transition to the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes left provincial cities scrambling — central monetary authority was slow to supply adequate coinage, and local authorities across the former Habsburg territories printed their own stopgaps. Sarajevo was among several Bosnian municipalities to do so.
Printed locally under obviously constrained conditions, the production quality reflects the scarcity of the moment rather than any deliberate simplicity.