Catalog
100 000 000 Dinara
| Issuer | Narodna Banka Republike Srpske Krajine (National Bank of the Republic of Serbian Krajina) |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | НАРОДНА БАНКА РЕПУБЛИКЕ СРПСКЕ КРАЈИНЕ 100000000 СТО МИЛИОНА ДИНАРА ГУВЕРНЕР КНИН 1993. ФАЛСИФИКОВАЊЕ СЕ КАЖЊАВА ПО ЗАКОНУ (Translation: NATIONAL BANK OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIAN KRAJINA 100000000 ONE HUNDRED MILLION DINARS GOVERNOR KNIN 1993. FORGERY IS PUNISHED BY LAW) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Republic of Serbian Krajina was a self-declared Serb state carved from Croatian territory following Yugoslavia's dissolution, never recognized internationally and ultimately erased by Croatia's Operation Storm in August 1995. Its banknotes were produced at the ZIN facility in Belgrade — a telling detail about where real institutional support resided. The 100,000,000 dinar denomination is not a curiosity but a necessity: Serbian Krajina's currency was pegged informally to the Yugoslav dinar, which was itself collapsing under some of the worst hyperinflation recorded in monetary history, reaching its peak in early 1994.
P#R15 is catalogued in the "R" series precisely because the issuing authority was unrecognized — standard Pick practice for contested or provisional issuers.