País: | Yugoslavia |
Continente: | Europa |
Referencia: | PR13 |
Fecha: | 01.12.1929 (1941) |
Emisor: | Narodna Banka Kraljevine Jugoslavije |
Imprenta: | |
Informacion del anverso: | "Serbia", Belgrade |
Informacion del reverso: | Sailing boats, man, arms |
Notas: | Revalidation: Handstamp "VERIFICATO" on YUGOSLAVIA P-27 |
Notas: | Watermark: Miloš Obrenović (Head with light moustache; only top of collar visible) |
Notas: | Watermark: Alexander I (Head with dark moustache; full collar visible) |
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 |