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1 Kuna Croatian text
| Issuer | Croatian National Bank |
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| Year | 1993-2021 |
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| Thickness | 1.7 mm |
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| Obverse description | A common nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), the national bird of Croatia, depicted in left-facing profile standing upright with beak open as if in song, rendered in naturalistic relief against a plain field. The circular legend SLAVUJ arcs around the upper periphery, with the engraver's initials KK appearing in small letters at lower left near the bird's feet. The date, followed by a period in Croatian typographic convention, is inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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| Edge | Reeded (86 grooves) |
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| Additional information |
The kuna was not an arbitrary name choice — it refers to the marten pelt, which circulated as a unit of value in medieval Croatian trade networks centuries before modern coinage existed. The name had also been used for the currency of the Nazi-installed Independent State of Croatia during World War II, a fact that made its revival in 1993 genuinely controversial among Croatia's neighbors and drew sharp objections during the country's early post-independence diplomatic period.
Croatia retired the kuna on 1 January 2023 upon adopting the euro, ending a 30-year run tied almost entirely to the post-Yugoslav transition.