Montenegrin currency; paper; image: rectangular shape, ivory colored paper, design and text in black ink, two punched holes, Montenegrin Coat of Arms (middle), framed by intricate designs covering bill, a five in each corner framed by a circle, two large fives on each side of Coat of Arms; text: Hека Главна Аркавна Благаjна исплати доносиоцу ове упуынице (above), ПЕТ ПЕРПЕРА (middle, big letters), Cерија А 66186 (stamped on bill), below: Вредност упытнице траје голино дана од дана публикацийе закона о овлашћењу пыштанањa исте у течај, Цетиње, 1. октобра 1912., Предсйедния Главне Контрло (left), Министар Финансийа (right), UNTIE PRAGUE (written in Czech in fine print in bottom right corner); translation (*translator's note: I do not read Serbian/Montenegrin, so the translation may require revision at a later time): Let the Master of Treasuries be paid by the bearer of this currency (above), FIVE PERPERA (middle, in large print), Series A 66186 (stamped on bill), below: The value of the uptake(?) lasts for days from the date of publication of the law on the authorization to _____ (?) it into the course, Cetinje (?), October 1, 1912, (signed) the President of the Main Control (left), (signed) the Minister of Finance (right), Printed in Prague (in fine print in bottom right corner). Length x Width: 14.5 cm x 9.5 cm; **Note: the two punched holes indicate that the bill is no longer available for usage.
Donor:
George Leitmann and Nancy Leitmann
Collection place:
Montenegro
Verbatim coll. place:
Russia
Production place:
Prague, Czech Republic
Culture or time period:
Montenegrins
Collector:
Josef Leitmann
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Paper money
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)