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50 Kruna
| Issuer | Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (overstamp on Austro-Hungarian Bank note) |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 50 Kruna |
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| Obverse lettering | ПÀДЕСАТ КÓРУНА ПЯТДЕСЯТЬ КОРОН CINQUANTA CORONE PEDESET KRON PEDESET KRUNA ПЕДЕСЕТ КPУНА CINCIZECI CORDANE DIE OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK ZAHLT GEGEN DIESE BANKNOTE BEI IHREN HAUPTANSTALTEN IN WIEN UND BUDAPEST SOFORT AUF VERLANGEN FÜNFZIG KRONEN IN GESETZLICHEM METALLGELDE WIEN, 2. JÄNNER 1914 OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK GENERALRAT GOUVERNEUR GENERALSEKRETÄR Краљевство Срба, Хрвата и Словенаца |
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| Protection description | Watermark present in the paper of the underlying Austro-Hungarian Bank note. |
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A captured instrument repurposed by a new state. The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes came into formal existence in December 1918 with no printing infrastructure and no time — overprinting existing Austro-Hungarian stock was the fastest route to a functioning currency. These notes were stamped to distinguish Yugoslav-territory notes from the broader Habsburg circulation pool, part of a frantic effort to prevent capital flight and arbitrage across the collapsed empire's former borders.
The 1914 printing date places the underlying note within the early wartime issue series. Overprint quality and placement vary considerably across the P#8 series — inconsistent application was endemic to the whole overstamping program.