Montenegrin perper

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100 perpers obverse, coin minted in 1910

ISO 4217 Code MEP

User(s) Principality of Montenegro, Kingdom of Montenegro

Subunit

1/100 Para

Plural The language(s) of this currency is of the Slavic languages. There is more than one way to construct plural forms. See article.

Coins 1, 2, 10, 20 para 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 100 perpers

This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.

The perper was the currency of Montenegro between 1906 and 1918. The name came from the earlier Serbian perper. It was divided into 100 para and was equivalent to the French franc as part of the Latin Monetary Union.

Gold coins were minted in values of 100, 20 and 10 perpers; silver coins were minted in 5, 2 and 1 perper. Also minted were nickel coins of 20 and 10 para and copper-zinc alloy coins of 2 and 1 para^[1]. Banknotes were also issued. The perper was replaced by the dinar when Montenegro became part of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia).

At the end of 20th century, Montenegro contemplated issuing the perper again^[2]. However, it decided to adopt the German mark instead, and later followed the change to the Euro.