Catalog
10 Dinara
| Issuer | Privileged National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia |
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| Year | 1885 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1868-1918) |
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| Obverse lettering | Привилегована Народна Банка КРАЉЕВИНЕ СРБИЈЕ ПЛАЋА ДОНОСИОЦУ ДЕСЕТ ДИНАРА У СРЕБРУ Београд 1. Новембра 1885 Закон од 23. Септембра 1885 §. 145 кр. зак. фалсификовање банкнота казни се робијом |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The 1885 series marked the first time Serbia's national bank printed domestically rather than contracting abroad — earlier issues had gone to French and other Western European printers. Bringing production to the State Printery in Belgrade was a deliberate political statement from a kingdom that had only formally gained full independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1878.
The engraving is credited to L. Dumont despite domestic printing, a clear sign that the intaglio plates were produced externally and shipped in. Đorđe Krstić, primarily known as a painter, provided the design — an unusual choice that reflects how thin professional printmaking expertise was in Belgrade at the time.