The Assignat of the City of Pag from 1778

Abstract

Otkriće najstarijeg hrvatskog papirnog novca - asignata grada Paga iz 1778. godine ubraja se među najveća iznenađenja hrvatske numizmatike. Veliki značaj tog otkrića do sada nije adekvatno valoriziran jer, ne zaboravimo, paški asignat uvodi Hrvatsku među malobrojne zemlje svijeta koje su u 18. stoljeću na dijelu svog područja koristile vlastiti papirni novac. Stoga je u ovom radu paški asignat dostojno afirmiran, te detaljno analiziran i predstavljen sa svih aspekata: povijesnih, političkih, gospodarskih, numizmatičkih i drugih. Posebna pozornost je usmjerena analizi značaja ovog asignata u okviru hrvatske ali i svjetske numizmatike. Autor je u radu nastojao “vratiti” asignat u prostor i vrijeme njegove pojave i optjecaja, te slikovito dočarati život, novčani sustav, cijene proizvoda i konkretnu kupovnu moć novca isplaćenog putem ovog asignata (180 lira).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)

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