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| Issuer | Narodna Banka Jugoslavije / National Bank of Yugoslavia |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Printer | Zavod za Izradu Novčanica, Belgrade |
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| Obverse lettering | НАРОДНА БАНКА ЈУГОСЛАВИЈЕ · NARODNA BANKA JUGOSLAVIJE · НАРОДНА БАНКА НА ЈУГОСЛАВИЈА NATIONAL BANK OF YUGOSLAVIA · BANQUE NATIONALE DE YOUGOSLAVIE ЧЕК НА ДИНАРЕ · DINARSKI ČEK · ЧЕК НА ДИНАРИ CHEQUE DRAWN IN DINARS · CHÈQUE EN DINARS ДИНАРА / DINARJEV / DINARA / ДИНАРИ 200 БЕОГРАД · BEOGRAD · BELGRADE ГУВЕРНЕР · GOUVERNER ДАТУМ ИЗДАВАЊА · DATE OF ISSUE МЕСТО · ПОТПИС · ПЕЧАТ ROK VAŽENJA ČEKA NIJE OGRANIČEN · VALIDITY OF THE CHEQUE IS NOT LIMITED · LA VALIDITÉ DU CHÈQUE EST ILLIMITÉE ОБАВЉАЊЕ ОВОГ ЧЕКА КАО ЗАКОНСКОГ СРЕДСТВА ПЛАЋАЊА КАЗНИВО ЈЕ ПО ЗАКОНУ FALSIFIKOVANJE SE KAŽNJAVA PO ZAKONU · FORGERY IS PUNISHABLE BY LAW |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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By 1983, Yugoslavia's federal monetary system was visibly straining under accelerating inflation — the dinar had been losing purchasing power steadily since the late 1970s, and the 200-dinar denomination, once a significant face value, was already being eroded into an everyday transaction note. The Zavod za Izradu Novčanica in Belgrade had by this point established itself as a technically competent in-house printer, handling the full domestic output without foreign contract printers.
Watermark security was the sole anti-counterfeiting measure on this issue — no security thread, no fluorescent inks. Within a few years, hyperinflation would render the entire series obsolete, replaced by redenominated issues that wiped zeros rather than addressed root causes.