| País: | Yugoslavia |
| Continente: | Europa |
| Referencia: | PR10 |
| Fecha: | 22.09.1939 (1941) |
| Emisor: | Narodna Banka Kraljevine Jugoslavije |
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Informacion del anverso: | King Peter II; "Stari Most" (Old Bridge) in Mostar |
Informacion del reverso: | Woman in national costume |
| Notas: | Revalidation: Handstamp "VERIFICATO" on YUGOSLAVIA P-35 |
| Notas: | Upon the Italian invasion in WWII, the Yugoslav Treasury was anxious to take to safety the whole stock of money in its possession. The men in charge took the Treasury away up to the Montenegro mountains, with the Italian army following closely on their heels. When they were finally surrounded by the Italians, they were forced to make a quick decision: They packed the whole stock in a grotto and lit it. But peasants of the neighborhood managed to save a huge amount o |
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