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100 Kuna
| Issuer | Hrvatska Narodna Banka (Croatian National Bank) |
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| Year | 2002-2012 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait vignette of Ivan Mažuranić (1814–1890), Croatian poet and statesman, at centre-right against a multicolour guilloche underprint in warm orange and ochre tones. The left margin carries the bank name vertically in green letterpress, flanked by a security strip, with the large numeral '100' in red intaglio at lower centre and a Glagolitic script text panel occupying the upper-centre field. The Croatian coat of arms and a decorative chequered vignette appear in the upper-left quadrant alongside an OVD security element at upper right. |
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| Obverse lettering | STO KUNA 100 HRVATSKA NARODNA BANKA IVAN MAŽURANIĆ 1814–1890 (Translation: ONE HUNDRED KUNA 100 CROATIAN NATIONAL BANK IVAN MAŽURANIĆ 1814–1890) |
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The kuna had a fraught re-introduction in 1994 — the name itself was politically charged, having been used by the Nazi-aligned Independent State of Croatia during WWII, and its revival drew sharp international criticism before cooling into acceptance. This 100 kuna denomination, issued across the 2002 and 2012 dates, was produced by two separate printing houses: Giesecke & Devrient in Leipzig and Oesterreichische Banknoten- und Sicherheitsdruck in Vienna, a dual-sourcing arrangement Croatia maintained throughout much of its kuna series to reduce dependency on any single security printer.
Both signature dates belong to Boris Vujčić, who has served as HNB governor since 2000 — unusually long tenure for a central bank chief, spanning Croatia's entire pre-euro period. The kuna was ultimately replaced by the euro on 1 January 2023.