Catalog
1 Dinar SFR legend
| Issuer | Yugoslavia |
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| Year | 1963 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia coat of arms (1963–1992 version) occupies the central field, depicting six flaming torches bound together, symbolising the six constituent republics. The arms are encircled by a continuous legend naming the issuing state, rendered in both Cyrillic and Latin scripts. The foundation date '23.XI.1943' appears as part of the legend, commemorating the establishment of the Federal Republic. |
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| Obverse lettering | COЦИЈAЛИCTИЧKA ФЕДЕРАТИВHА РЕПУБЛИКА JУГОСЛАВИJА 23.XI.1943 (Translation: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia November 23, 1943) |
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The 1963 Yugoslav dinar coinage appeared just two years after the country's sweeping constitutional reorganization, when the Federal People's Republic was formally reconstituted as the Socialist Federal Republic — hence the shift to "SFR" in the legend, which distinguishes this type from its immediate predecessors. The change was not cosmetic; the 1963 constitution was Tito's most ambitious restructuring of the federation, devolving significant authority to the six constituent republics and prompting a revision of official state nomenclature across all government instruments, coinage included.
A currency reform followed in 1965, replacing the dinar at 100:1, which effectively ended the useful life of this denomination within two years of striking.