Italian Occupation of Montenegro WWII
Upon the Italian invasion in WWII, the Yugoslav Treasury was anxious to take to safety the whole stock of money in its possession
The men in charge took.. Read more » the Treasury away up to the Montenegro mountains, with the Italian army following closely on their heels
When they were finally surrounded by the Italians, they were forced to make a quick decision
They packed the whole stock in a grotto and lit it
But peasants of the neighborhood managed to save a huge amount of these notes and get away with it
The Italian Military Administration after investigating the matter had a complete list of all serial numbers made of the notes burned in the grotto
Then they proclaimed all these serials null and void
At the same time they ordered the local population to bring the remaining notes they had retained to the Italian Authorities for registration
Every note was twice stamped with a round stamp "VERIFICATO"
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