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50 Qint
| Issuer | Katundaria e Korçës (Municipality of Korçë) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress print on plain paper. At left, a vignette of a peasant farmer standing beside a ploughing ox, rendered in a woodcut-like style. A circular handstamp of the Municipality of Korçë is applied to the right portion of the note, alongside the handwritten serial number. The denomination '50' and serial number appear in the lower right, with the date '1 Nentor 1921' inscribed along the lower margin. |
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| Protection type | Handstamp |
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Albanian municipal emergency money is rare enough as a category; Korçë's 1921 issues are among the most historically loaded within it. The city had only recently been evacuated by French forces following years of occupation — a period during which Korçë functioned as a quasi-autonomous French protectorate known as the République de Korçë. The municipality was effectively rebuilding a local economy with almost no national monetary infrastructure to rely on.
The handstamp authentication was the only available security measure, and forgeries of this issue are documented. Check the impression depth and ink absorption carefully — known counterfeits show a shallower stamp with bleed inconsistent with period Albanian ink stocks.