1 Dinar 1st coat of arms, magnetic

Serbia's post-Milošević monetary rebuilding produced several transitional coinage decisions, and the shift to plated steel for the dinar series reflected both cost pressures and the National Bank's alignment with European minting norms during the country's EU candidacy push. The magnetic core distinguishes this subtype from earlier non-magnetic strikes of the same denomination — a detail that matters for vending machine operators and automated sorting, and one that creates the KM#48 / Schön#189a split in the reference literature.