Banknotes of the Yugoslav dinar
The banknotes of the Yugoslav dinar are the several series of paper money emitted by the central bank of the different consecutive states named Yugoslavia (Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).
1920 dinar
In 1920, the National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes issued notes for 10, 100 and 1000 dinara. The 10 dinara note was engraved and printed by the American Bank Note Company.[1] In 1926 the government changed the design of the 10 dinara bill.[2]
1920–1926 Series | ||||||||||
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Image | Value | Dimensions | Main Colour | Description | Date of | |||||
Obverse | Reverse | Obverse | Reverse | printing | issue | withdrawal | lapse | |||
10 din. | Blue | male nude with wheel | rocky landscape | 1 November 1920 | ||||||
10 din. | Red | a woman | coat of arms, silhouette of a church | 26 May 1926 | ||||||
100 din. | Yellow | a woman | ships and a peasant | 30 November 1920 | ||||||
1000 din. | Violet | Saint George and the Dragon | man ploughing, different cities (Sarajevo top left, Belgrade at bottom center, Ljubljana top right, Zagreb bottom right) | |||||||
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table. |
Following the change of the country's name to Yugoslavia in 1929, the bank notes changed as well. New 10 dinara notes were printed that were the same as the old ones with a changed name and a new design of 100 dinara note was issued. In the following years each, other denominations were redesigned, including the 1000 dinara notes in 1931 and 500 dinara notes in 1935.
1929–1939 Series | |||||||
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Image | Value | Dimensions | Colour | Obverse | Reverse | First printed date | |
Obverse | Reverse | ||||||
10 dinara | Green | King Peter Old Bridge in Mostar |
a woman | 1939 | |||
20 dinara | Brown | King Peter | a womam | 1936 | |||
50 dinara | Brown | King Aleksandar | Ivan Meštrović's statue оf Prince Marko riding his horse Šarac | 1931 | |||
100 dinara | Violet | a woman with sword | ships and a peasant | 1929 | |||
a woman and a soldier | two working women, city of Dubrovnik in background | 1934 | |||||
500 dinara | Blue | King Peter | women working | 1935 | |||
1000 dinara | Yellow | Queen Maria of Yugoslavia | two women, one with a sickle and wheat, another with sword and shield | 1931 | |||
three horsemen and a woman a teacher and a pupil |
a fisherman and a blacksmith | 1935 | |||||
10,000 dinara | Brown | King Peter | two farm workers | 1936 | |||
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. |
1944 dinar
In 1944, the Democratic Federation of Yugoslavia issued notes for 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 dinara.
1944 Series | |||||||
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Image | Value | Dimensions | Colour | Obverse | Reverse | First printed date | |
1 dinar | partisan | coat of arms indication of value |
1944 | ||||
5 dinara | blue | ||||||
10 dinara | pink | ||||||
20 dinara | red | ||||||
50 dinara | dark blue | ||||||
100 dinara | dark green | ||||||
500 dinara | brown | ||||||
1000 dinara | green | ||||||
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. |
1946 dinar
These were followed in 1946 by notes of the National Bank of the Federal People's Republic for 50, 100, 500 and 1000 dinara. 5000 dinara notes were introduced in 1950.
1946–1950 Series | |||||||
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Image | Value | Dimensions | Colour | Obverse | Reverse | First printed date | |
50 dinara | Yellow | a miner | a lumberjack | 1946 | |||
100 dinara | Brown | a blacksmith and a harvester | a fisherman | ||||
500 dinara | Brown | a partisan (Milivoje Rodić, later colonel of the Yugoslav army) | farmer ploughing | ||||
1000 dinara | Brown | working woman | Jajce waterfall and a figure of a woman with a sword | ||||
5,000 dinara | Dark blue | a ship in the harbour | steel mill workers | 1950 | |||
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. |
1955 dinar
The new banknotes were issued in 1955 for 100, 500, 1000 and 5000 dinara.
Ten years later, in 1965, there was a revaluation of the dinar for the first time since World War II.
1955–1963 Series | |||||||
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Image | Value | Dimensions | Colour | Obverse | Reverse | First printed date | |
100 dinara | Red | a woman | Dubrovnik | 1955 | |||
500 dinara | Green | woman with sickle | harvest | ||||
1000 dinara | Brown | Arif Heralić | a factory | ||||
5,000 dinara | Dark blue | Relief by Ivan Meštrović at the Federal Parliament building | Federal Parliament building | ||||
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. |
1966 dinar
In 1966, banknotes (dated 1965) were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 50 and 100 dinara. They used the same obverse design as the 1955–1963 notes. 500 dinara notes were added in 1970, followed by 20 and 1000 dinara in 1974.
1965–1981 Series | |||||||
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Image | Value | Dimensions | Colour | Obverse | Reverse | First printed date | |
5 dinara | 123 x 59 mm | Green | Woman with sickle | tractors | 1965 | ||
Indication of value | 1968 | ||||||
10 dinara | 131 x 62 mm | Brown | Arif Heralić | a factory | 1965 | ||
Indication of value | 1968 | ||||||
20 dinara | 139 x 65 mm | Violet | Ship dockside | Indication of value | 1974 | ||
50 dinara | 140 x 66 mm | Blue | Relief by Ivan Meštrović at the Parliament building in Belgrade | Federal Parliament Building | 1965 | ||
Indication of value | 1968 | ||||||
100 dinara | 148 x 70 mm | Red | The Monument of Peace by Antun Augustinčić (1900–1979) in New York in front of the main UN building. | 1965 | |||
500 dinara | 156 x 74 mm | Dark green |
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1970 | |||
1000 dinara | 164 x 78 mm | Grey | Woman with fruits | 1974 | |||
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. |
1985 dinar
In 1985, a new series of notes began with the introduction of 5000 dinara notes featuring a portrait of the late President Josip Broz Tito. As inflation worsened into hyperinflation, banknotes for 20,000 dinara were introduced in 1987, followed by 50,000 dinara in 1988 and 100,000, 500,000, 1 million and 2 million dinara in 1989. The 500,000 and 2 million dinara notes were unusual in that they did not feature a portrait but an image of the monument on Kozara.
1985–1989 Series | ||||||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Value | Dimensions | Colour | Obverse | Reverse | First printed date | |
5,000 dinara | Blue | Josip Broz Tito | Jajce | 1985 | ||||
20,000 dinara | Brown | Alija Sirotanović | Mining equipment | 1987 | ||||
50,000 dinara | Green | a woman | Dubrovnik | 1988 | ||||
100,000 dinara | Red | a girl | various letters and numerals | 1989 | ||||
500,000 dinara | Violet | Battle of Kozara Memorial | Battle of Sutjeska Memorial | |||||
1,000,000 dinara | Yellow | a young woman | a spike of wheat | |||||
2,000,000 dinara | Dark Green and Brown | Battle of Kozara Memorial | "Broken wings" monument in Šumarice | |||||
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. |
1990 dinar
In 1990, notes were introduced for 10, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 dinara, some of which had designs very similar to those used for the corresponding notes of the previous currency. In 1991, 5000 dinara notes were added.
1990–1991 Series | ||||||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Value | Dimensions | Colour | Obverse | Reverse | First printed date | |
10 dinara | red | a girl | various letters and numerals | 1990 | ||||
50 dinara | violet | Battle of Kozara memorial | Battle of the Sutjeska Memorial | 1990 | ||||
purple | a boy | flowers | ||||||
100 dinara | yellow | young woman | spike of wheat | 1990 | ||||
green | 1991 | |||||||
200 dinara | dark green and brown | Battle of Kozara memorial | "Broken wings" monument in Šumarice | 1990 | ||||
500 dinara | blue | young man | mountain | |||||
brown | 1991 | |||||||
1000 dinara | brown | Nikola Tesla | Tesla coil | 1990 | ||||
blue | 1991 | |||||||
5,000 dinara | dark blue | Ivo Andrić | Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge | |||||
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. |
1992 dinar
In 1992, notes for 100, 500, 1000, 5000, 10,000 and 50,000 dinara were introduced in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Again, designs modified from the previous series of notes were used but this time not in order that notes of equal value had similar designs. In 1993, owing to hyperinflation, the higher value notes were introduced for 100,000, 500,000, 1 million, 5 million, 10 million, 50 million, 100 million, 500 million, 1 milliard (billion) and 10 milliard dinara.
1992–1993 Series | ||||||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Value | Dimensions | Colour | Obverse | Reverse | First printed date | |
100 dinara | Blue | a young woman | a spike of wheat | 1992 | ||||
500 dinara | Violet | a young man | mountain | |||||
1000 dinara | Red | Nikola Tesla | Tesla coil | |||||
5,000 dinara | Dark green | Ivo Andrić | Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge | |||||
10,000 dinara | Brown and dark red | a girl | various letters and numerals | |||||
50,000 dinara | Green and violet | a boy | flowers | |||||
100,000 dinara | Yellow and green | a young woman | sunflowers | 1993 | ||||
500,000 dinara | Blue and orange | a young man | mountain | |||||
1,000,000 dinara | Blue, pink and yellow | a boy | flowers | |||||
5,000,000 dinara | Green and dark red | Nikola Tesla | Tesla coil and a hydro power plant | |||||
10,000,000 dinara | Grey and light green | Ivo Andrić | National Library of Serbia | |||||
50,000,000 dinara | Pink and grey | a girl | Captain Miša's Mansion | |||||
100,000,000 dinara | Light blue and grey | a young man | Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts | |||||
500,000,000 dinara | Violet and grey | a young woman | Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Belgrade | |||||
1,000,000,000 dinara | Pink and light blue | a girl | Federal Parliament | |||||
10,000,000,000 dinara | Pink and dark grey | Nikola Tesla | Tesla coil | |||||
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. |
1993 dinar
Banknotes for this currency were issued in denominations of 5000, 10,000, 50,000, 500,000, 5 million, 50 million, 500 million, 5 billion, 50 billion and 500 billion. The unusual sequence of denominations is a result of the hyperinflation that Yugoslavia was suffering from.
1993 Series | ||||||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Value | Dimensions | Colour | Obverse | Reverse | First printed date | |
5,000 dinara | Brown and orange | Nikola Tesla | Nikola Tesla Museum | 1993 | ||||
10,000 dinara | Brown and green | Vuk Karadžić | Tršić and Tronoša | |||||
50,000 dinara | Violet and blue | Petar II Petrović Njegoš | Cetinje monastery | |||||
500,000 dinara | Green and yellow | Dositej Obradović | Hopovo monastery | |||||
5,000,000 dinara | Brown and green | Karađorđe | Church and mansion of Karađorđe | |||||
50,000,000 dinara | Red and violet | Mihajlo Pupin | Telephone Exchange building | |||||
500,000,000 dinara | Violet and blue | Jovan Cvijić | Captain Miša's Mansion | |||||
5,000,000,000 dinara | AA8834425 | Orange and yellow | Đura Jakšić | Vraćevšnica monastery | ||||
50,000,000,000 dinara | Pink and light blue | Miloš Obrenović | Prince Miloš's Residence | |||||
500,000,000,000 dinara | Dark red and blue | Jovan Jovanović Zmaj | National Library of Serbia | |||||
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. |
1994 dinar
In January, 1994, notes were issued for 10, 100, 1000, 5000, 50,000, 100,000, 500,000 and 10 million dinara. Owing to hyperinflation, they circulated just for a few weeks before the currency was abandoned in favour of the novi dinar, pegged to the Deutsche Mark (and since 2002, the euro). 10 and 100 dinar notes were characteristic for lack of serial number on them.
1994 Series | |||||||
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Obverse | Reserse | Value | Dimensions | Colour | Obverse | Reverse | First printed date |
10 dinara | Green and brown | Josif Pančić | Mountain and Picea omorika | 1994 | |||
100 dinara | Blue and violet | Nikola Tesla | Nikola Tesla Museum | ||||
1000 dinara | Violet and red | Petar II Petrović Njegoš | Cetinje monastery | ||||
5,000 dinara | Blue and violet | Dositej Obradović | Hopovo monastery | ||||
50,000 dinara | Red and violet | Karađorđe | Church and mension of Karađorđe | ||||
500,000 dinara | Yellow and orange | Jovan Cvijić | Captain Miša's Mansion | ||||
10,000,000 dinara (1992 banknote overprinted with "1994") |
Grey and light green | Ivo Andrić | National Library of Serbia | ||||
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. |
Novi dinar
1994 series
On January 24, 1994, notes were introduced for 1, 5 and 10 novih (new) dinara. A second series of notes was introduced later in the year for 5, 10 and 20 novih dinara, with 50 and 100 novih dinara notes added in 1996, and 200 novih dinara added in 1999.
1994–1996 "Novi dinar" Series | |||||||
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Image | Value | Dimensions | Predominant colour | Obverse | Reverse | First printed date | |
1 novi dinar | Brown and green | Josif Pančić | Mountain and Picea omorika | 1994 | |||
5 novih dinara | Pink | Nikola Tesla | Nikola Tesla Museum | ||||
Purple | |||||||
10 novih dinara | Violet and blue | Petar II Petrović Njegoš | Cetinje monastery | ||||
Red and brown | |||||||
20 novih dinara | Orange and green | Đura Jakšić | Vraćevšnica monastery | ||||
50 novih dinara | Blue | Miloš Obrenović | Prince Miloš's Residence | 1996 | |||
100 novih dinara | Yellow | Dositej Obradović | Hopovo monastery | ||||
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. |
2000 series
In 2000, new notes without the word "novih" were issued in denominations of 10, 20, 50 and 100 dinara. 200 and 1000 dinara notes were introduced in 2001, followed by 5000 dinara in 2002.
Beginning in 2003, banknotes of the (re-established) National Bank of Serbia were introduced. These banknotes use almost the same design as the 2000–2002 Yugoslav notes. The main difference is that the words Narodna Banka Jugoslavije (National Bank of Yugoslavia) are changed to Narodna Banka Srbije (National Bank of Serbia) and the coat of arms of Serbia and Montenegro is changed to the Serbian coat of arms. Banknotes released by the national bank of Yugoslavia between 2000 and 2002 were withdrawn from circluation on 1 January 2007.[3]
2000–2002 Series | |||||||
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Image | Value | Dimensions | Colour | Obverse | Reverse | First printed date | |
10 dinara | Ochre-yellow | Vuk Karadžić Filip Višnjić in the background |
Figure of Vuk Karadžić Members of the First Slavic Congress held in Prague in 1848 Vignette of the letters Vuk introduced |
2000 | |||
20 dinara | Green | Petar II Petrović Njegoš | Statue of Njegoš from the Njegoš's mausoleum Mount Lovćen | ||||
50 dinara | Purple | Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac A piano |
Figure of Mokranjac A motif of Miroslav Gospels illumination scores Notes | ||||
100 dinara | Blue | Nikola Tesla Definition of tesla, a unit of magnetic flux density |
Portrait of Nikola Tesla A detail from the Tesla's AC motor | ||||
200 dinara | Brown | Nadežda Petrović Statue of Nadežda Petrović Silhouette of the Gračanica Monastery |
Figure of Nadežda Petrović Gračanica Monastery |
2001 | |||
1000 dinara | Red | Đorđe Vajfert An outline of Vajfert's brewery |
Portrait of Vajfert | ||||
5,000 dinara | Purple and green |
Slobodan Jovanović |
Portrait of Slobodan Jovanović |
2002 | |||
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. |
References
- Pick, Albert (1994). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: General Issues. Colin R. Bruce II and Neil Shafer (editors) (7th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-207-9.
- Pick, Albert (1996). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: General Issues to 1960. Colin R. Bruce II and Neil Shafer (editors) (8th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-469-1.
- Yugoslavia n banknotes at Infotech 2003
- Ron Wise's Banknoteworld: Yugoslavia
- ↑ Cuhaj, 2010, p. 1254.
- ↑ Cuhaj, 2010, p. 1255.
- ↑ "Banknotes withdrawn from circulation , National Bank of Serbia". nbs.rs. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
Weblinks
- Historical banknotes from Yugoslavia (1968-1991) (English) (German)
- Historical banknotes from Yugoslavia (1992-1993) (English) (German)
- Historical banknotes from Yugoslavia (1994-1999) (English) (German)