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50 Perpera
| Issuer | Glavna Državna Blagajna (Main State Treasury) of Montenegro |
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| Year | 1912 |
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| Value | 50 Perpera |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in the same purple-brown ink and mirrors the obverse layout closely, with the identical guilloche border framework, corner numeral '50' repeats, and central robed-figure vignette flanking the large '50' medallion. The upper Cyrillic text panel and central bold denomination inscription are reproduced in full, along with the date and signature lines at the lower centre. Two circular cancellation punches are likewise present, consistent with a cancelled or specimen example. |
| Reverse lettering | Нека Главна Државна Благајна исплати доносиоцу ове упутнице ПЕДЕСЕТ ПЕРПЕРА Цетиње, 1 октобра 1912. |
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| Comments |
Montenegro's 50 Perpera of 1912 is notable for being printed domestically at the Tucović press in Cetinje — a deliberate political choice for a small, fiercely independent principality that had only become a kingdom in August 1910. Contracting the work locally rather than sending plates to Vienna, Paris, or London was a statement as much as a logistical decision.
The perpera itself had replaced the groš-based system in 1906 and was pegged to the Austro-Hungarian krone at parity, though Montenegro had no central bank — the Main State Treasury handled issue directly. This note appeared just as the First Balkan War was beginning, and wartime pressures on the treasury were immediate.