Catalog
1 Dinar
| Issuer | Kraljevina Srbija (Kingdom of Serbia) |
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| Year | 1876 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1868-1918) |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette with a bust portrait of Prince Milan Obrenović IV, flanked by two cherubs at top center, all within an elaborate baroque scrollwork border. The denomination numeral '1' appears in the lower left and right corners, with the Serbian state coat of arms at the bottom center below a manuscript signature. Two panels of Cyrillic text are set into the decorative surround on either side, with the title inscription 'ЈЕДАН ДИНАР' and issuing text in Cyrillic script across the center field, printed in blue on cream paper. |
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| Obverse lettering | ЈЕДАН ДИНАР Ову новчаницу издају и примају све државне благајне у Србији у 1 ДИНАР Београд 1. јула 1876. За Главну Државну Благајну Државне новчанице издају се на основу законодавне одлуке од 19. Јануара 1876 Ко прави лажне новчанице, и ко се њима служи, казниће се по §§ 145 и 146. кривичног закона. L. DUMONT |
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The 1876 Serbian 1 Dinar (Pick 1) was an emergency mobilization note, not a peacetime banking instrument. Printed by L. Dumont in Paris but stamped locally in Belgrade, the notes were immediately nicknamed "belavci" — the white notes — by a public deeply suspicious of paper money and accustomed to silver.
Most were hoarded, never formally circulated, and destroyed after the war. Any surviving example carries that history in its paper.