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10 Para - Petar I
| Issuer | Yugoslavia |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Thickness | 1.49 mm |
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| Obverse description | The elaborately detailed royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes occupies the central field, featuring a crowned quartered shield incorporating the emblems of the constituent nations, supported by decorative mantling and surmounted by a royal crown. The shield displays multiple heraldic elements including eagles, crescents, and fleurs-de-lis, rendered in high relief within a beaded border. The composition is engraved in a classical heraldic style by Adolf Hofmann, with no peripheral legend. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
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Yugoslavia's earliest coinage was struck in haste. The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes — not yet renamed Yugoslavia — needed circulating small change immediately after the chaotic consolidation of 1918, and zinc was the practical answer: copper and nickel were still strategically constrained in postwar Europe. The alloy chosen here is notably lean on copper, a reflection of materials availability rather than any particular metallurgical preference.
Dies were prepared in Vienna, a quietly awkward arrangement given that Austria had been the enemy just two years prior.