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| Issuer | Narodna Banka Republike Srpske |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Reference(s) | P#151 |
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| Obverse lettering | НАРОДНА БАНКА СРПСКЕ РЕПУБЛИКЕ БОСНЕ И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНЕ 100 СТО ДИНАРА МИЛИОНА ДИНАРА ФАЛСИФИКОВАЊЕ СЕ КАЖЊАВА ПО ЗАКОНУ ГУВЕРНЕР БАЊА ЛУКА 1992. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue and shows a large ornate guilloche oval at centre enclosing a stylised floral or peacock-tail pattern, with the double-headed eagle coat of arms of Republika Srpska at right. The bank name НАРОДНА БАНКА СРПСКЕ РЕПУБЛИКЕ БОСНЕ И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНЕ is inscribed across the upper portion, and the denomination 100 СТО ДИНАРА appears along the lower margin in Cyrillic. |
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The Republika Srpska hyperinflation series of 1993 represents one of the most acute monetary collapses in the former Yugoslav space — distinct from, though running parallel to, the better-documented Yugoslav federal hyperinflation unfolding simultaneously in Belgrade. The Narodna Banka Republike Srpske was printing locally in Banja Luka under wartime conditions, and the denominations escalated so rapidly that this 100,000,000 dinar note was rendered effectively worthless within days of issue.
The series is sometimes confused with federal Yugoslav emissions from the same period. They are not interchangeable — different issuing authority, different territorial jurisdiction, same catastrophe.