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| 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 | Black double-headed Albanian eagle vignette at upper left, with a central underprint scene of a man and woman harvesting tobacco leaves. Bank title and denomination inscribed in Albanian, with a KLA (UÇK) legend at lower margin. |
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| Protection description | Horizontal line pattern. |
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Kosovo's provisional government began issuing its own currency in 1999 immediately following the NATO intervention and the collapse of Yugoslav administrative control — this note was among the first instruments produced under that short-lived authority before the euro and Deutsche Mark took over as de facto legal tender. The "Banka Provizore" designation is not a formality; the bank itself was explicitly temporary, established with no expectation of permanence.
A watermark as the sole security feature reflects the constrained circumstances of the issue. The series was rapidly superseded, leaving relatively few examples in collector hands.