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1000 Dinara University campus Dobrica Stambolić, Niš
| Issuer | Studentski dom "Dobrica Stambolić", Niš |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Value | 1000 Dinars (1000 динарa) (1000 YUD) |
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| Obverse description | Left panel bears an oval guilloche medallion with the Cyrillic monogram 'ДС' and the academic year '1988/89' below. Right panel carries the large numeral '1000' in bold letterpress, flanked by Cyrillic inscriptions naming the student dormitory in Niš above and the designation 'СТУДЕНТСКИ НОВЧАНИ БОН' below. The overall design is printed in brown on a cream paper ground with a decorative border. |
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| Obverse lettering | Д С 1988/89 СТУДЕНТСКИ ДОМ "ДОБРИЦА СТАМБОЛИЋ" — НИШ 1000 ДИНАРА СТУДЕНТСКИ НОВЧАНИ БОН |
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Student dormitory scrip from socialist Yugoslavia occupies a peculiar niche — these notes were issued by individual university housing collectives to facilitate meals, laundry, and canteen purchases within closed campus economies, bypassing the national banking system entirely. The Dobrica Stambolić dormitory in Niš named itself after a Serbian communist official, a common institutional practice of the period.
By 1988, Yugoslavia's inflation was accelerating toward hyperinflationary collapse, which gives dormitory-issued scrip of this vintage an unintended economic dimension — the purchasing power of 1,000 dinara was eroding fast enough that these tokens were likely reissued or repriced within months.