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| Uitgever | Città di Fiume (City of Fiume) |
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| Jaar | overprint on 1914 |
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| Waarde | 50 Corone |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The Austrian (German-language) face of the underlying Austro-Hungarian Bank 50 Korona note, with a central vignette of a woman and the imperial Austrian arms, surrounded by intricate guilloche borderwork and German text. This side was not required to bear the Fiume overprint by decree, as Fiume was administratively linked to the Hungarian crown lands. |
| Opschrift keerzijde | FÜNFZIG KRONEN ÖSTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK (Translation: Fifty Crowns / Austro-Hungarian Bank) |
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After the First World War, Fiume's political status became one of Europe's most intractable disputes — claimed by both Italy and the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, governed by neither for years. The city's provisional administrations issued their own currency by overprinting existing Austro-Hungarian notes rather than printing anything new. This 50 Kronen carries the "CN" stamp standing for *Città di Fiume* (or *Comune di Nettuno*, depending on which administrative phase applies), converting an imperial note into a local one by bureaucratic ink alone.
The overprint series is notoriously prone to forgeries, both contemporary and modern. Authentication hinges on the stamp's ink saturation and registration against the underlying note's paper.