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2 Frank Kart
| Issuer | Bashkia e Vlorës (Municipality of Vlorë) |
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| Year | 1924 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | BASHKIA E VLORËS Serie B Frank DY Kart Kryetari i Bashkisë Arkëtari (Translation: Municipality of Vlorë, Series B, Two Frank Kart, Mayor of the Municipality, Treasurer) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in letterpress on a plain light ground with a simple dotted border frame. A large circular red stamp at centre bears the denomination "Fr. 2 kart". The surrounding text is arranged in multiple lines across the note, stating the guarantee, payment conditions, authorising council decision of 11 May 1924, and a warning against forgery. The numeral 2 appears in each corner. |
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Albanian municipal scrip from the interwar period is genuinely rare, and Vlorë's 1924 issues are among the most historically loaded. The city had been the site of the short-lived 1920 anti-Italian resistance — the so-called War of Vlorë — and when Italian forces withdrew, the municipality was left managing a local economy with almost no functioning national monetary infrastructure. The Albanian franc (franga) was not stabilized until 1926, when the National Bank was finally established under the Zog government.
This 2 Frank Kart is essentially a gap-filler: local purchasing scrip issued by a municipality that had no other practical means of facilitating small transactions. Pick's S-prefix classification confirms its non-central status.