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1000 Dinara Nikola Tesla
| Issuer | National Bank of Serbia |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 1000 Dinars (1000 динарa) |
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| Obverse lettering | РЕПУБЛИКА СРБИЈА REPUBLIKA SRBIJA Д 1000 D НБС - NBS (Translation: Republic of Serbia (abbreviation for National Bank of Serbia)) |
| Reverse description | A finely detailed frosted bust of Nikola Tesla facing slightly to the right occupies the centre of the field, rendered in a realistic portrait style befitting the commemorative nature of the issue. Tesla is depicted as a young man with a moustache and high collar, consistent with period photographs. The Cyrillic legend 'НИКОЛА ТЕСЛА' arcs across the upper portion of the coin. To the lower left of the portrait, a rectangular cartouche bears the dates '1856' and '2006', marking the 150th anniversary of Tesla's birth. |
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Serbia issued this coin the year after the centenary of Tesla's U.S. citizenship, though the timing was less commemorative than political — the newly independent Serbian state, having formally separated from Montenegro in June 2006, was asserting cultural ownership of figures whose origins fell within its borders. Tesla was born in Smiljan, in present-day Croatia, a fact that has made him a recurring point of contention between Belgrade and Zagreb.