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500 lira
| Issuer | Hranilnica Ljubljanske Pokrajine (Sparkasse der Provinz Laibach) |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Reference(s) | P#R8 |
| Obverse description | Green and dark blue bilingual note with Slovenian text on the obverse. At left, a framed intaglio portrait vignette of a young Slovenian man in traditional alpine dress with a felt hat, set within an ornate scrollwork border. The central panel carries the title DENARNA NAKAZNICA above a guilloche-framed denomination numeral 500 with the legend LIR PETSTO; below, a six-line Slovenian text clause references coverage by the Banca d'Italia and issuance authority of the Chef of the Provincial Administration in Ljubljana, dated 14. IX. 1944. The issuing institution HRANILNICA LJUBLJANSKE POKRAJINE is printed in bold letterpress, with signature lines for Predsednik and Glavni ravnatelj beneath. Serial number and series designation Ser. A appear in the corner panels. |
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| Reverse lettering | GELDANWEISUNG ÜBER 500 LIRE FÜNFHUNDERT Diese Anweisung ist gedeckt durch ein behördlich kontrolliertes Sperrguthaben bei der Banca d'Italia. Sie wird dem Überbringer innerhalb einer vom Chef der Provinzialverwaltung in Laibach bestimmten Frist in geltende Banknoten der Banca d'Italia umgetauscht werden. Ausgegeben auf Grund der Entscheidung des Chefs der Provinzialverwaltung in Laibach vom 14. IX. 1944, VII. Nr. 4504/1. SPARKASSE DER PROVINZ LAIBACH Vorsitzender: Generaldirektor: Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
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Hranilnica Ljubljanske Pokrajine was the savings institution set up under Italian occupation of the Ljubljana Province — after the Italian armistice in September 1943, the region passed to German control under Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland, and this note was issued during that transitional German administration period. The bilingual institution name, carrying both the Slovenian and German designations, was a deliberate administrative signal about who governed whom.
Janez Trpin was a Slovenian graphic artist — his involvement points to local design talent being used under occupation conditions rather than imported German printing expertise. The note did not circulate long before the liberation of Slovenia in May 1945 rendered it obsolete.