Catalog
1000 Kruna Serbian
| Issuer | Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Kruna (1919) |
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| Obverse description | This note is the Austrian 1000 Kronen issue of 1902 (Austria P#8, German-language side) overprinted with a rectangular adhesive stamp in Cyrillic script reading СРБА - ХРВАТА - СЛОВЕНАЦА, applied by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to validate the note for circulation. The underlying note carries a central vignette with the Hungarian coat of arms flanked by ornate guilloche borders, a serial number in red, and denomination numerals "1000" at upper left and right, with an oval portrait vignette of a young woman at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | СРБА - ХРВАТА - СЛОВЕНАЦА EZER KORONA OSZTRÁK-MAGYAR BANK BECS 1902 JANUAR 2 |
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Pick 10 was issued by the newly proclaimed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes using overstamped Serbian National Bank plates — a stopgap measure while the young state lacked the infrastructure to commission entirely new currency. The overprinting was applied to existing Serbian note stock, bridging the monetary gap between the dissolved Serbian kingdom and the unified South Slavic state proclaimed in December 1918.
Notes from this transitional series are frequently found with uneven ink absorption where the overprint met worn or slightly damp paper, a known characteristic of the rushed production conditions rather than damage sustained in circulation.