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10 Dinara
| Issuer | Croatian National Bank (Narodna banka Hrvatske) |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Value | 10 Dinars (10 Dinara) (10 HRD) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette is a portrait of Ruđer Bošković (1711–1787), the Croatian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist, rendered in intaglio. Geometric calculations and scientific diagrams appear at the upper right, complementing the scholarly theme of the design. The Croatian coat of arms is present alongside the denomination numeral and issuer inscriptions. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents the twin-spired Gothic façade of Zagreb Cathedral rendered in intaglio in deep red-brown tones against a multicolour guilloche underprint of intersecting geometric and rosette patterns in yellow, blue, and green. The Croatian coat of arms appears at the upper left, and the denomination numeral '10' is printed in large figures at lower centre above the value inscription. The designer's signature 'Z. Jakuš' appears at lower right. |
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Croatia declared independence in June 1991, and this note was among the first currency issues produced entirely within the country's own borders — a deliberate political act as much as a monetary one. Tiskara Zrinski in Čakovec, primarily a commercial printing house, took on the task under wartime conditions, which likely accounts for the relatively modest security provision: watermark only, with none of the intaglio printing associated with established currency printers.
Zlatko Jakuš handled both design and engraving, an unusual concentration of roles for a single individual on a national issue.