The first banknote of the National Bank of Yugoslavia produced in 4 colors. On the obverse of the banknote, on the left, there is a depiction of St. George in a classic antique war uniform, with a red cloak, on a white horse, slaying a dragon. At the bottom right is the Gračanica monastery (monastery of the Holy Mother of God). To the right in the middle is the watermark and above that is the official coat of arms. A fruit is shown in the middle below the name of the country.
Reverse description
In the middle, below the name of the country, there is a motive of a Serbian plowman with oxen in the field, in distinctive clothing with a hat. Left in the middle is the watermark. In the upper left corner is shown a panorama of the bridge in Sarajevo (Šeher-Ćehaj bridge and the Alifakovac settlement), in the upper right corner a panorama of Ljubljana (city center and old town), in the lower right corner a panorama of the city of Zagreb (view from Ban Jelačić square towards the cathedral) and in the middle below the panorama of the city of Belgrade (part of the town on the Danube river).
Signature(s)
Marko Stojanović, Đorđe Vajfert,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Portrait of Dorđe Petrović-Karaorđe in profile
Obverse lettering
НАРОДНА БАНКА
КРАЉЕВИНЕ СРБА, ХРВАТА И СЛОВЕНАЦА
плаћа доносиоцу
ХИЉАДУ ДИНАРА
у металној законској монети
Београд, 30 новембра 1920
Члан управе Гувернер
1000
Фалсификовање новчаница казни
се по прописима Кривичног
Законика, који вреде за кривице
због прављења лажног новца
G. FRAIPONT DELOCHE SC. (Translation: NATIONAL BANK THE KINGDOM OF THE SERBS, CROATIANS AND SLOVENIANS pays the bearer A THOUSAND DINARS in metallic legal tender Belgrade, November 30, 1920 Board member Governor 1000 Forgery of banknotes is punishable according to the regulations of the Criminal Code, which are valid for crimes for making fake money)
Reverse lettering
NARODNA BANKA
KRALJEVINE SRBA, HRVATA I SLOVENACA
KRALJEVINE SRBOV, HRVATOV IN SLOVENCEV
Plaća donosiocu
1000 DINARA
u metalnoj zakonskoj moneti
G. FRAIPONT (Translation: NATIONAL BANK THE KINGDOM OF THE SERBS, CROATIANS AND SLOVENIANS (in two languages, Croatian and Slovenian) pays the bearer A THOUSAND DINARS in metallic legal tender)