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20 Litara JNA, Gasoline
| Issuer | Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija (JNA) |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Red voucher on plain paper with a guilloche border frame. At centre, a circular vignette bears the JNA military star emblem with crossed rifles and laurel wreath, flanked by bilingual (Latin and Cyrillic) inscriptions for 'bon za BENZIN'. The issuer legend arcs along the top within a cartouche, and the denomination '20' appears at lower centre with forgery-warning text in four languages along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | СФР ЈУГОСЛАВИЈА - SFR JUGOSLAVIJA bon za BENZIN бон за БЕНЗИН JNA СС № 20 DVADESET LITARA ДВАДЕСЕТ ЛИТАРА DVAJSET LITROV ДВАЕСЕТ ЛИТРИ ФАЛСИФИКОВАЊЕ СЕ КАЖЊАВА ПО ЗАКОНУ - KRIVOTVORENJE SE KAŽNJAVA PO ZAKONU PONAREJANJE SE KAZNUJE PO ZAKONU - ФАЛСИФИКУВАЊЕТО СЕ КАЗНУВА СПОРЕД ЗАКОНОТ |
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The JNA issued fuel coupons — including petrol allotments denominated in litres rather than currency — to manage internal military logistics during Yugoslavia's chronic hard-currency shortages of the 1980s. These were not money in any conventional sense but functioned as scrip within the closed economy of the armed forces, redeemable at military filling stations and depots inaccessible to civilians.
Surviving examples turn up more often than their ephemeral purpose would suggest, largely because Yugoslav conscripts and lower-ranking soldiers sometimes retained them as curiosities rather than submitting unused coupons for cancellation.