Montenegrin perper
The Perper (Cyrillic: Перпер ) was the Montenegrin currency in the period 1906-1918 there was a currency based on the gold standard.. The output Kurantmünzen corresponded to the regulations of the Latin Monetary Union, without that Montenegro had joined the monetary union. The Perper was divided into 100 Para. It gold coins to 100, 20 and 10 Perper and silver coins were minted at 5, 2 and a Perper. Para coins were made of nickel ( 10 and 20 ) and of a copper alloy (1 and 2 Para). In addition, banknotes were put into circulation.
On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Nikola I. pieces were struck at 20 to 50 and 100 Perper in Vienna. There were gold piece expenditure The value corresponded to the Austrian editions of the gold crowns. 1909 was coined silver Perper, which corresponded to the Austrian silver crowns. In the obverse the head of the recipient and in reverse the country's coat of arms was displayed.
The name of the currency had been taken over by an embossed at the time of the Serbian Tsar Stefan Dušan coin.
Until 1906, Montenegro had no own money, even though it had already given the mid-19th century, plans to establish its own currency. During the Austrian occupation (1916-1918), the imperial military authorities issued paper money whose nominal value was twice as high as the coin value. After the end of Montenegrin independence of Perper was replaced by the Yugoslav dinar. Currently, the euro is the official currency of the country. 2002 has issued a set of commemorative coins as Perper - embossing, the State Bank of Montenegro.