Original scientific paper

The Assignat of the City of Pag from 1778

Edgar Fabry ; Croatian numismatic society, Zagreb, CRO

Abstract

The discovery of the oldest Croatian paper money - the assignat of the city of Pag from
1778 - is one of the greatest surprises in Croatian numismatics. The great significance of this
discovery has not been properly evaluated because, one should not forget, the Pag assignat
makes Croatia one of the few countries in the world that used its own paper money on a part
of its territory in the 18th century.
In this paper, the author presents the assignat of Pag in full detail with careful analysis from
all aspects: historical, political, economic, numismatic and others. Special attention is paid
to the importance of this assignat for Croatian, as well as for world numismatics. The author
tries to “take back” the assignat into the place and time of its appearance and circulation
and to illustrate the way of life, monetary system, commodity prices, and the real purchasing
power of the money represented by this assignat (180 lire).

Keywords

Hrčak ID:

302752

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/302752

Publication date:

15.12.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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