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2 Kronen (CF stamp)
| Issuer | Città di Fiume (City of Fiume) |
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| Year | overprint on 1914 |
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| Value | 2 Corone |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green and brown on plain paper, with the numeral "2" appearing in large brown figures at left and right, flanking a central green guilloche rosette of intricate lathe-work design. The denomination is inscribed at upper left as "KRONEN" and at upper right as "KORONA", with a series number at lower left and an alphanumeric serial number at lower right, all set within a simple ruled border. |
| Reverse lettering | KRONEN KORONA |
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Fiume's 1918–1919 period produced some of the most improvised emergency currency in European history. When the city's status became contested following the post-WWI collapse of Austria-Hungary, local authorities stamped existing Austro-Hungarian Kronen notes with "CITTÀ DI FIUME" overprints to assert a distinct civic monetary identity — a political act as much as a practical one. The CF stamp series is the roughest of these issues: hand-applied, inconsistently positioned, and frequently doubled or misaligned.
D'Annunzio's subsequent seizure of Fiume in September 1919 made this entire episode even more complicated for later researchers attempting to date specific stampings.