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1 Frank Kart
| Issuer | Municipality of Vlorë (Albanian notgeld) |
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| Year | 1924 |
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| Currency | Frank Kart |
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| Obverse description | Brown and red letterpress print on plain paper. A portrait vignette of Ismail Qemali (Ismail Qemal Vlora) appears at left, with a double-headed eagle vignette at centre. Printed signature lines for the Municipal Commissioner and Treasurer are present below the central design. |
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| Obverse lettering | BASHKIA E VLORËS Frank NJË Kart Komisar'i Bashkis Arkëtari (Translation: Municipality of Vlorë. One frank. Municipal commissioner. Treasurer.) |
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Vlorë's 1924 municipal scrip belongs to a brief, chaotic window in Albanian monetary history — the period between the collapse of the short-lived Republic of Korçë's local arrangements and the eventual stabilization under the Zog government. With no functioning central bank and a patchwork of foreign coins in daily use, several Albanian municipalities resorted to locally issued emergency paper. Vlorë, as a port city with its own political ambitions dating back to Ismail Qemali's 1912 declaration of independence there, had both the administrative apparatus and the motivation to act unilaterally.
These municipal issues were never officially sanctioned by Tirana and circulated only within tight geographic limits. Survival rate is low — not because of heavy use, but because there was little reason to preserve what was essentially discarded scrip once central currency became available.