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5 Lira
| Issuer | Denarni Zavod Slovenije |
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| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | PET LIR 5 ODLOK PREDSEDSTVA SNOS O POOBLASTIVI DENARNEGA ZAVODA SLOVENIJE PRI PREDSEDSTVU SNOS ZA IZDAJO PLAČILNIH BONOV Z DNE 15 III 1945, V ZVEZI Z ODLOKOM Z DNE 20 II 1944 ČLANICA BONA Z DNE 20 II 1944 |
| Reverse description | Blue-toned note bearing the central inscription PET LIR above the denomination numeral 5, set within a guilloche oval vignette. The upper field carries the issuing authority text and a circular emblem vignette at centre. Two manuscript signatures appear in the lower margin above their respective role titles Blagajnik and Predsednik. |
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Denarni Zavod Slovenije — the Monetary Institute of Slovenia — was established by the Liberation Front in 1944 to provide the Slovenian Partisan administration with its own currency infrastructure, independent of both German occupation money and Italian wartime instruments. This 5 Lira note is among the earliest emissions from that authority, printed under extraordinary clandestine conditions in occupied territory.
Printing inside Slovenia during active occupation meant these notes were produced in secrecy, with limited materials and constant operational risk. That origin is the reason the production quality is notably crude relative to contemporary issues from exile governments printing abroad.