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| Issuer | Republic of Macedonia |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Currency | Denar (1992-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | Фалсификувањето се казнува според Законот РЕПУБЛИКА МАКЕДОНИЈА ОКТОМВРИ 1992 БОН ЗА ДИЗЕЛ ГОРИВО Регистарски број 50 ПЕДЕСЕТ ЛИТРИ |
| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely blank, printed on plain white paper with no design, text, or ornamentation. |
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Macedonia declared independence from Yugoslavia in September 1991, and the chaotic transition left the new state without a functioning monetary infrastructure. These fuel coupons — denominated in liters of diesel rather than currency — were issued in 1992 as a rationing instrument during the severe supply shortages that followed the UN embargo on Serbia and the broader collapse of Yugoslav trade networks. They circulated alongside, and in some respects substituted for, conventional banknotes in a period when the denar itself had not yet been properly established.
The denomination in liters rather than money makes these among the more unusual items in any Balkan collection from the period.