Montenegrin currency; paper; ivory paper and indigo ink; round hole cut in center; obverse: image: Montenegrin Coat of Arms (middle); intricate designs covering bill; a five in each corner; two fives on each side of crest; text: Главна Аркавна Благаjна исплати доносиоцу ове упуынице (above), ПЕТ ПЕРПЕРА (middle, big letters), Cерија Г Бр. 21521 (stamped on bill); Bриjеди ан годину дана; Цетиње, 28 јулa 1914; below: Предсједник Главне Kонтроле (left) Mинистар финансија (right); translation: Let the Master of Treasuries be paid by the bearer of this currency (above), FIVE PERPERA (middle, in large print), Series G 21521 (stamped on bill), Worth a year added (?); Cetinje (?), July 28, 1914; Reverse: image: Montenegrin Coat of Arms; intricate indigo designs covering bill; a five in each corner, framed within a square tile-like design; text: КРАЉЕБИНА ПРНА ГОРА; упутница из дана на основу закона од 28 јулa 1914; translation: KINGDOM (PRNA?) OF THE MOUNTAINS; Referral from the day on the basis of the law of July 28,1914; Length x Width: 15.6 cm x 10.7 cm. **Note: the hole in the bill indicates that the bill is no longer available to use.
Donor:
George Leitmann and Nancy Leitmann
Collection place:
Montenegro
Verbatim coll. place:
Russia
Culture or time period:
Montenegrins
Collector:
Josef Leitmann
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Paper money
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)