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1 Dinar - Alexander I Pattern
| Issuer | Kingdom of Serbia |
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| Year | 1892 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 ДИНАР 1892 (Translation: 1 Dinar) |
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Pattern coinage for Serbia in this period was almost entirely the work of foreign mints competing for royal contracts — this piece belongs to a round of trial strikes produced ahead of the regular 1 Dinar issue, at a moment when the Obrenović dynasty was attempting to stabilize Serbian finances following years of costly conflict and the fiscal strain of the 1885 war with Bulgaria. Alexander I was still a minor when these patterns were struck, with the regency council holding effective authority.
The Mandić and Višćević references both place this among the rarest Serbian pattern issues of the decade.