Montenegro Nikola I 1 Para

History

1 Para 1913-1914, KM# 16, Montenegro, Nikola I

Obverse. Photo © MA-SHOPS

Description

The Kingdom of Montenegro was a monarchy in southeastern Europe, present-day Montenegro, during the tumultuous years on the Balkan Peninsula leading up to and during World War I. Legally it was a constitutional monarchy, but absolutist in practice. On 28 November 1918, following the end of World War I, with the Montenegrin government still in exile, the Podgorica Assembly proclaimed unification with the Kingdom of Serbia which itself was merged into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes three days later, on 1 December 1918. This unification with Serbia would last, through various successor states, for almost 88 years, until finally coming to an end in 2006.

Obverse	Coat of arms Montenegro Symbol, amulet, talisman Double-headed eagle Depicts the coat of arms of Montenegro: The double-headed eagle with open wings in flight, turned on each other head, a crown with a cross, chests on a background - the lion in motion. The eagle holds a sceptre in its right claw and an orb in its left claw. The coat of arms of Montenegro is associated with the history of the dynasty of the family of the king of Montenegro Nikola I. Double-headed eagle is the emblem of the Crnojevica-Montenegrin dynasty, the lion in the middle of the coat of arms of the medieval family Ballsof that ruled the territories of Montenegro and the crown and the surrounding symbols represent the Kingdom.
Reverse	Denomination in the centre, date below, country name (Kingdom of Montenegro) above. КРАЉЕВИНА ЦРНА ГОРА 1 ПАРА 1913
Edge	Plain