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20 Kruna overprint on 5 Dinara
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Size | 111 × 75 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | МИНИСТАРСТВО ФИНАНСИЈА КРАЉЕВСТВА СРБА, ХРВАТА И СЛОВЕНАЦА MINISTARSTVO FINANCIJA KRALJEVSTVA SRBA, HRVATA I SLOVENACA MINISTERSTVO FINANC KRALJEVSTVA SRBOV, HRVATOV IN SLOVENCEV ДИНАРА DINARA МИНИСТАР ФИНАНСОВА |
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| Variants | P#16a - overprint "KPУHA" (correct spelling) P#16x - overprint "KУPHA" (incorrect spelling) |
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When the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was proclaimed in December 1918, it inherited a monetary patchwork. The former Austro-Hungarian territories used Kruna; Serbia proper used Dinara. This note is a direct artifact of that collision — an existing Serbian 5 Dinara note overstamped to circulate as 20 Kruna, bridging two incompatible systems until a unified currency could be established.
The conversion ratio embedded in the overprint — four Kruna to one Dinar — reflects the exchange rate imposed by Belgrade, a decision bitterly resented in Slovenia and Croatia.