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100 Dinara - Zagreb Philharmonics Zagreb
| Issuer | Zagrebačka Filharmonija (Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra) |
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| Year | 1956 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse description | Plain white ground with letterpress text in Latin script. The issuer name appears in spaced capitals along the top, followed by the season date and a concert number in large bold type. A circular violet official stamp of the Zagreb Philharmonic is applied to the left. The denomination "Bon na Dinara 100.-" is set in bold, with explanatory text below in justified paragraphs. |
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| Reverse description | Blank, unprinted reverse on plain white paper stock. |
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Yugoslav law technically prohibited private institutions from issuing instruments resembling banknotes, which makes this 1956 Zagreb Philharmonic piece an oddity worth examining. It functioned as a subscription coupon or commemorative voucher — a workaround that allowed the orchestra to raise operating funds without running afoul of the state banking monopoly. Cultural organizations in postwar Yugoslavia occasionally exploited this grey area before tighter regulation closed it off.
Printed locally in Zagreb, it never circulated as currency and was almost certainly redeemed in small quantities, making survivors genuinely uncommon.