Catalog
25.000 Dinara
| Issuer | Narodna Banka Bosne i Hercegovine - handstamped by the cities of Travnik and Sarajevo |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 25.000 Dinara |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a large bold numeral '25 000' set against an intricate guilloche underprint in blue and green tones. The denomination '000' is printed in green while '25' appears in the guilloche pattern. The upper right quadrant carries the bilingual bank title in Latin and Cyrillic script, with a circular violet handstamp of the city of Travnik applied over the issuing authority area. The date '1. JULI - SRPANJ 1992' and a small numeral '25' appear in the lower right, with the denomination legend 'DVADESETPET DINARA / ДВАДЕСЕТПЕТ ДИНАРА' running along the lower margin in both Latin and Cyrillic scripts. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in light blue guilloche patterns radiating from the centre, where the arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina — a shield charged with a diagonal sword, surmounted by a crown — are printed in blue and white as the central vignette. A red serial number in Cyrillic prefix appears at the lower left. The denomination '25' is shown at the lower left, and the bilingual legend 'DVADESETPET DINARA / ДВАДЕСЕТПЕТ ДИНАРА' runs along the lower margin. The country name 'REPUBLIKA BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA / РЕПУБЛИКА БОСНА И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНА' is inscribed across the upper portion in both Latin and Cyrillic scripts. |
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Bosnia's 1993 hyperinflation was among the most severe in modern European history, unfolding simultaneously with active military siege. The Narodna Banka Bosne i Hercegovine lacked the infrastructure and security to issue clean new currency fast enough, so existing notes were overprinted — handstamped by municipal authorities in Travnik and Sarajevo — to authorize their local use. The practice was improvised necessity, not policy design.
Travnik-stamped examples are considerably scarcer than Sarajevo issues, reflecting the relative isolation and smaller administrative capacity of that city during the conflict period.