Catalog
1000 Dinara
| Issuer | Narodna Banka Srpske Republike Bosne i Hercegovine |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Slate blue-gray on peach and tan underprint. At left, denomination numerals set within an ornate guilloche panel; at center, a large circular vignette of a stylized traditional folk costume ornament rendered in red and gray; at right, the arms of the Srpska Republic — a double-headed eagle with cross and fleurs-de-lis on a shield. Denomination inscription '1000 HILJADA DINARA' appears in a panel along the lower margin, with the place and date of issue 'BANJA LUKA 1992.' at lower left. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Narodna Banka Srpske Republike Bosne i Hercegovine — the National Bank of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina — was a short-lived institution created in the early months of the 1992 war, issuing notes through the ZIN facility in Belgrade while the Republika Srpska lacked any domestic printing infrastructure. This 1000 Dinara note circulated during a period of extraordinary inflation that would render the denomination nearly worthless within months, driving successive redenominations throughout 1992 and into 1993.
The watermark is the sole security feature — a telling sign of how quickly this series was pushed into production.