Catalog
100 000 Dinara
| Issuer | Narodna Banka Bosne i Hercegovine (National Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Size | 120 × 58 mm |
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| Reverse description | Green guilloche underprint with fleur-de-lis ornaments. The large bold numeral '100000' dominates the right portion of the note, with 'BON – БОН' inscribed above it. The Bosnian coat of arms appears in watermark-style relief at left, alongside the trilingual denomination text and a vertical serial number in red at centre-left. The issuing authority title is printed in Latin and Cyrillic across the upper left. |
| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIKA BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA РЕПУБЛИКА БОСНА И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНА BON – БОН STO HILJADA DINARA STO TISUCA DINARA СТО ХИЉАДА ДИНАРА (Translation: Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina / Voucher / One Hundred Thousand Dinara) |
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Štamparija Oslobođenje — the printing house whose name translates as "Liberation" — was operating inside besieged Sarajevo when this note was produced in 1993. The siege had begun in April 1992 and would not end until 1996, making this among the very few wartime currency issues in modern European history to be physically printed inside an active combat zone.
The hyperinflationary pressures that necessitated a 100,000 dinar denomination were severe enough that the note was rendered nearly worthless within weeks of issue.