Catalog
20 Dinara - Alexander I
| Issuer | National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
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| Year | 1925 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears the denomination 20 DINARA in two lines with the date 1925 below, all surmounted by a royal crown. The inscription and crown are framed within a decorative wreath composed of laurel branches on the left and oak branches on the right, tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The entire design is enclosed by a beaded border matching the obverse. The composition is crisp and heraldic in character, typical of Monnaie de Paris workmanship of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | 20 DINARA 1925 |
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This coin was never intended for circulation. The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes struck these gold 20 Dinara pieces in 1925 primarily as a prestige issue — the gold standard was already under severe strain across postwar Europe, and Yugoslavia never meaningfully returned to gold coinage in everyday commerce. The specification mirrors the pre-war Latin Monetary Union standard almost exactly, a deliberate alignment that signaled financial legitimacy to foreign creditors and trading partners rather than any domestic monetary function.
Alexander I would dissolve parliament and declare a personal dictatorship in January 1929, renaming the country Yugoslavia. These were struck four years before that moment, under the kingdom's original constitutional framework.