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50 Perpera Austro-Hungarian Occupation in WWI - Army Administration
| Issuer | K.u.K. Militärgeneralgouvernement in Montenegro (Austro-Hungarian Military General Governorate in Montenegro) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Reference(s) | P#M153 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in German and carries the authority text of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Military General Governorate in Montenegro, stating the denomination and the applicable exchange rate. The layout is typeset in a formal letterpress style, with the face value and governing ordinance references arranged in centered blocks of text. No figurative vignette or guilloche underprint is present; the design relies entirely on official printed text to convey its administrative authority. |
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| Reverse lettering | UPUTNICA NA PEDESET PERPERA u onim uputnicama na državnu blagajnu iz emisije od 25. jula 1914. st. kal. ili 10. maja 1915. st. kal. ili 4. decembra 1915 st. kal., koje leže u javnim blagajnama c. i kr. Vojne Uprave u Crnoj Gori. Po vrijednosnom razmjeru utvrđenom u 1. Naredbe Vrhovnog Vojnog Zapovjednika od 16. juna 1916, broj 8 Vjestnika Naredaba, iznaša vrijednost ove uputnice DVADESETPET ZVEČEĆIH PERPERA ILI DVADESETPET KRUNA Za primanje ove uputnice važe zakonske odredbe o dužnosti primanja perperskih uputnica. Na javnim blagajnama primat će se uplate sa ovom uputnicom po gore označenom vrijednosnom raz- mjeru (3. Naredbe od 10.januara 1917., broj 20 Vjestnika Naredaba i članka II. Naredbe od 29. juna 1917, broj 29 Vjestnika Naredaba). Cetinje, 20. Novembra 1917. C. i kr. voj. generalni guverner (signature) |
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Austria-Hungary established its Military General Governorate in Montenegro following the rapid collapse of Montenegrin resistance in January 1916 — King Nikola fled to exile in France, and the country was administered as occupied territory for the remainder of the war. This 50 Perpera note was part of a parallel currency system introduced to manage the occupied economy without fully displacing the existing Montenegrin perper, which had itself only been established in 1906.
The choice to denominate these notes in perpera rather than kronen was administratively deliberate: it kept the local population transacting in familiar units while the occupiers controlled supply. Pick M153 is among the higher face values in the military issue series, suggesting it was aimed at larger commercial transactions rather than daily wage payments.