1000 Kruna Serbian

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.