Perper (Montenegro)
The Perper (Cyrillic: Перпер) was the Montenegrin currency from 1906 to 1918. It was a currency based on the gold standard . The Kurant coins issued corresponded to the regulations of the Latin Monetary Union , without Montenegro having joined this currency union . The perper was divided into 100 para . Gold coins were minted with 100, 20 and 10 perper and silver coins with 5, 2 and one perper. Para coins were made of nickel (10 and 20) and a copper alloy (1 and 2 Para). Banknotes were also put into circulation.
On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Nikola I , pieces of 20, 50 and 100 perper were struck in Vienna. They were gold issues. The value corresponded to the Austrian issues of the gold crowns. In 1909 silver pearls were minted, which corresponded to the Austrian silver crowns. In the obverse the head of the jubilee and in the lapel the coat of arms was depicted.
The name of the currency was taken from a coin minted at the time of the Serbian Tsar Stefan Dušan .
Until 1906, Montenegro had no money of its own, although there had been plans to establish its own currency as early as the mid-19th century. During the Austrian occupation (1916–1918), the Austro-Hungarian military authorities issued paper money with a face value that was twice as high as the coin value. After the end of the Montenegrin independence, the Perper was replaced by the Yugoslav dinar. The euro is currently the country's official currency. In 2002 the State Bank of Montenegro issued a set of Perper coins as a commemorative issue.
Banknotes
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literature
- Pavle V. Novaković: Perper. Crnogorski novac, Cetinje 2004.
- Milovan Šćepanović: O novcu na tlu Crne Gore (do 1918. godine). Podgorica 1998.
- Crnogorska banka na Cetinju (ed.): Zakon o državnom novcu Kraljevine Crne Gore [State Monetary Act d. Kingdom of Montenegro] 1910. (Photomechanical reprint, edited by Momčilo Vujošević, Podgorica 2000).
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich von Schrötter, N. Bauer, K. Regling, A. Suhle, R. Vasmer, J. Wilcke: Dictionary of Coin Studies. Walter de Gruyter, 1970, p. 500
- ↑ The Perper as a commemorative coin ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
