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| Issuer | Banjalučka Banka D.D., Banja Luka |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Currency | First Dinar (1992-1994) |
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| Obverse lettering | БАЊАЛУЧКА БАНКА Д.Д. БАЊА ЛУКА Серија А Серијски број НОВЧАНИ ЧЕК 1000 ДИНАРА Платите доносиоцу чека једну хиљаду динара са рачуна бр. 10500-620-16-25592 Директор послова са становништвом Миленко Миланковић Бања Лука, септембар 1992. Генерални директор банке Момчило Попарић ФAЛCИФИKOBAЊE CE KAЖЊABA ПО 3AKOHУ (Translation: BANJALUČKA BANKA D.D. BANJA LUKA Series A Serial number CASHIER'S CHEQUE 1000 DINARS Pay the bearer of the cheque one thousand dinars from account # 10500-620-16-25592 Manager of relations with the populace Milenko Milanković Banja Luka, September 1992. General director of the bank Momčilo Poparić Counterfeiting is punishable by law) |
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| Signature(s) | Milenko Milanković and Momčilo Poparić |
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Banjalučka Banka issued these cashier's cheques in 1992 as the Yugoslav dinar system collapsed and newly independent or self-declared entities scrambled to manage liquidity with whatever instruments they could produce locally. Banja Luka was then the administrative and financial center of the Republika Srpska, and commercial banks like Banjalučka Banka D.D. briefly filled the vacuum left by the disintegrating federal banking structure.
The cheque format rather than a conventional banknote is the telling detail here — it signals improvisation under wartime conditions, not a planned currency issue.