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1 Franc
| Issuer | Municipality of Korçë (Albanian notgeld) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIKA SHQIPÊTARE 1 fr A VUE ET AU PORTEUR LA DIRECTION DES FINANCES PATERA LA SOMME DE UN FRANC LE DIRECTEUR DES FINANCES ME TE PARE DIREKCIA E FINANCES DOT'I PACUAJE SJELLESIT SUMEN TE NJÊ FRANGE LE PRESIDENT DU CONSEIL KORÇE 10-10-17 GRAVEUR. DAVIER IMPR. A. A. VANGHELT - KORYTZA (Translation: Albanian Republic. On sight and to bearer the Finance Department will pay the sum of one franc. The Director of Finances. On demand, the Directorate of Finance will pay the bearer the sum of one franc. The President of the Council.) |
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| Reverse lettering | UN FRANC 1 NJÊ FRANGÊ (Translation: One franc.) |
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French forces occupied Korçë in late 1916 and established an autonomous Albanian republic under their protection — the short-lived République albanaise de Korçë. This note is a product of that occupation administration, not of any Albanian central authority. The issuing municipality was effectively a French military construct, and the currency was denominated in francs accordingly.
Printed locally by A. A. Vangheli rather than a metropolitan press, production quality reflects the constraints of a provincial wartime job. The engraver Davier is otherwise obscure; whether that credit refers to an individual or a small atelier operating under French military patronage is not firmly established.
The handstamp was the primary anti-counterfeiting measure — thin protection, but consistent with emergency municipal notgeld of the period.