50 Lira Free Territory of Trieste - zone B

€295,383.00
IssuerFree Territory of Trieste - zone B
Year1945
TypeLocal banknote
Value50 Lira
Currency
CompositionPaper
Size116 × 64 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterCroatian state printer (Hrvatska državna tiskara, HDT), Zagreb, Croatia
No. printed
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to5 July 1949
Reference(s) P#R5
Obverse descriptionRed printing, framed with laurel leafs and berries. Denomination 50 in Yugoslav coat of arms with five-pointed star. Black or red serial numbers (two variants exists).
Reverse descriptionMain motive is a sailboat on the sea in a frame, with a partisan communist red five-pointed star on the sail.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionThis banknote is printed on the paper overplus left after WWII Croatia finish printed their 20 and 50 kuna 1944
Obverse lettering20 LIRA / LIR / LIRE Gospodarska banka za Istru Rijeku i Slovensko Primorje Gospodarska banka za Istro Reko in Slovensko Primorje Banca per l`Economica per l`Istria Fiume e il Littorale Sloveno 1945
(Translation: 50 Liras  Economic bank for Istria Rijeka and Slovenian Coast 1945)
Reverse lettering50 LIRA / LIR / LIRE Krivotvorenje se kažnjava po zakonu Ponarejanje se kaznuje po zakonu La legge punisce i falsificatori
(Translation: 50 Liras  Counterfeiting is punishable by law)
Variants
Catalog ID2660576090
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