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| Issuer | Energopetrol - Sarajevo |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Blue ground with an all-over letterpress underprint of the word ENERGOPETROL and the company's encircled E monogram repeating diagonally across the entire face. Bold black typography at centre reads ABONENTNI BON above the large numeral 200 flanked by the denomination legend dinara on each side, with the issuer name ENERGOPETROL — Sarajevo below. A dashed rectangular border frames the central text block. |
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| Reverse description | Plain white paper, unprinted save for a handwritten violet ink signature at centre-left and a circular violet ink official stamp at right bearing the issuer's name and location around the perimeter. |
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Energopetrol was the state petroleum distribution company of socialist Yugoslavia, headquartered in Sarajevo. During the severe fuel shortages of the early 1980s — triggered partly by Yugoslavia's hard currency crisis and the collapse of cheap oil imports — fuel vouchers like this one circulated as a practical rationing mechanism, issued directly by the distributor rather than any banking authority. They functioned as prepaid credit against fuel delivery, not legal tender.
The Sarajevo-based issuance distinguishes this from federal-level Yugoslav fuel scrip. Whether redeemable only at Energopetrol stations or transferable between operators is a detail that varied by series and issue date.