Catalog
10 000 Dinara
| Issuer | Narodna Banka Bosne i Hercegovine (National Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Currency | First Dinar (1992-1994) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a large blue numeral '10000' set against a guilloche underprint scattered with fleur-de-lis motifs. The bank title in both Latin and Cyrillic scripts appears at upper right, below which the national arms — a shield with a diagonal stripe and fleur-de-lis charges — are printed. At lower right, the Governor's signature is accompanied by the date '6. TRAVANJ - APRIL 1993' and a secondary denomination numeral. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a guilloche underprint with repeated fleur-de-lis elements across the right field, over which a large outline numeral '10000' is printed in blue; 'BON - БОН' appears at upper right with the denomination in three scripts below. At left, the state title in Latin and Cyrillic is printed above a vignette impression of the national arms, with a denomination numeral at lower left and a red serial number at center left. |
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Printed at the Oslobođenje facility in Sarajevo during the siege, this note was produced under active shelling — the printing house itself was repeatedly hit during the conflict, yet continued operating throughout the war. That Oslobođenje ("Liberation") kept running at all became a point of intense national symbolism, though the practical result for the currency was severe: quality control was inconsistent across printings, and paper supply was intermittent.
By 1993, inflation in besieged Sarajevo was accelerating rapidly enough that 10,000 dinara had negligible purchasing power within weeks of issue.