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10 000 Dinarë
| Issuer | Banka Provizore e Republikës së Kosovës |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | A bold black letterpress overprint applied to a Macedonian 10,000 denar host note, with a large black double-headed Albanian eagle vignette at left. Overprinted Albanian text replaces the original Macedonian legends, with the Church of Saint Sofia in Ohrid visible in the central underprint vignette. Date and issuer text are struck in heavy black type across the face. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The "Provisional Bank of the Republic of Kosovo" never formally existed as a functioning central bank — this note was issued in 1999 by a parallel Albanian-run structure operating outside Yugoslav legal authority, part of a broader effort by Kosovo Albanian institutions to assert administrative independence during the years of Milošević's repression. The underlying currency was the Albanian Lek in practical terms; these dinarë denominations were largely symbolic instruments of a shadow economy.
The single watermark security feature reflects the extremely limited production resources available to the issuing body. TBB cataloging places it among a small, poorly documented series.