Catalog
10 Kruna
| Issuer | Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Kuna/Kruna (1919-1920) |
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| Obverse description | An overprinted Austro-Hungarian 10 Kronen note (1904 issue of the Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Bank), with a rectangular stamp affixed to the upper right vignette area bearing the overprint of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The note retains its original German-language text 'ZEHN KRONEN' in bold letterpress across the centre, with guilloche underprint in violet and green tones throughout. Two manuscript signatures of bank officials appear at the lower centre, above which runs the issuing bank inscription. |
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| Obverse lettering | SERIE ZEHN KRONEN IN GESETZLICHEM METALLGELDE OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK GENERAL-RAT GENERAL-ANWALT |
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This note is a converted Austro-Hungarian 10 Kronen issue, overstamped to create a provisional currency for the newly proclaimed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes before a unified banknote series could be organized. The overprinting scheme was a practical stopgap — Habsburg-era notes were simply commandeered, stamped, and reissued under entirely different political authority.
The Kruna denomination retained the old Krone name in its Serbian-language form, a transitional linguistic detail that disappeared once the Kingdom moved toward the Dinar as its permanent monetary unit.