Montenegrin perper

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Montenegrin perper
Црногорски перпер


20 perper banknote	100 perpera 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 pare 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 100 perpera

Banknotes 1, 2, 10, 20, 50, 100 perpers

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

The perper (plural perpera, Montenegrin: перпер, перпера) was the currency of Montenegro between 1906 and 1918. The name came from the earlier Serbian perper. It was divided into 100 pare (singular para, Montenegrin: паре, пара) and was equivalent to the French franc as part of the Latin Monetary Union. 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.^[1] However, it decided to adopt the German mark instead, and later followed the change to the euro.

1 Coins
2 Banknotes
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Coins

In 1906, coins were issued in denominations of 1, 2, 10 and 20 pare. The 1 and 2 pare were bronze, the 10 and 20 pare were nickel. In 1909, silver 1 and 5 perpera coins were added, followed by 2 perpera in 1910. Gold 10 and 20 perpera were also issued in 1910, along with very limited numbers of 100 perpera coins.^[2]

[edit] Banknotes

Banknotes were issued in 1912 by the treasury in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 50 and 100 perpera. In 1914, the government issued three series on notes, in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 perpera. During the Austrian occupation, government notes of the second and third series were overprinted by the military government district commands. In 1917, the Austrian army issued convertible vouchers denominated in perpera, perpera coins (Münzperper) and Kronen, with 2 perpera = 1 coin perper = 1 Krone.