Catalog
20 Dinara
| Issuer | National Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Currency | First Dinar (1992-1994) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue on white paper, with the same guilloche and fleur-de-lis underprint as the obverse. At left, the issuer title in both Latin and Cyrillic script is accompanied by the Bosnian coat of arms watermark-style vignette and a serial number in red; the denomination numeral "20" is printed vertically at lower left. The right portion carries the "BON - БОН" overprint legend at top, a large central numeral "20", and the denomination in both scripts below. |
| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIKA BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA РЕПУБЛИКА БОСНА И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНА BON - БОН DVADESET DINARA ДВАДЕСЕТ ДИНАРА (Translation: Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina / Voucher / Twenty Dinara) |
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Printed at the Oslobođenje facility in Sarajevo during the opening months of the siege, this note is one of the more historically charged pieces of Yugoslav successor currency. Oslobođenje — the press that normally produced the newspaper of the same name — continued operating under shellfire and became something of a symbol of resistance. That the newly declared republic's currency came off those same presses is not incidental.
The paper quality reflects the conditions. Wartime supply constraints meant inconsistent stock, and surviving examples vary noticeably in texture and tint. Bosnia's entire 1992 emission was emergency issue — the republic had declared independence in March, the siege began in April, and these notes were circulating before any stable monetary infrastructure existed.