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10 000 Dinara Black Bear
| Issuer | National Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Value | 10 000 Dinars (10 000 Dinara) (10 000) |
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| Obverse description | The national emblem of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina occupies the upper central field, depicted above the historic Stari Most (Mostar Bridge). The date 1994 appears to the right of the bridge, with the mint mark positioned below the bridge. The encircling legend reads REPUBLIKA BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA along the upper periphery. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Bosnia's 1994 gold issues were produced in the middle of an active war — the siege of Sarajevo was in its third year, and the country was operating without a stable currency infrastructure. The National Bank was issuing these collector pieces largely for hard-currency revenue abroad while the domestic economy ran on humanitarian aid and black-market deutschmarks.
The brown bear (Ursus arctos) population in the Dinaric Alps was, at the time, one of the healthiest in Europe — an odd subject for a nation in the middle of an existential conflict, though wildlife series were reliable sellers on the international numismatic market.