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25 Banica Pattern, Gold
| Issuer | Independent State of Croatia |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The large denomination numeral 25 dominates the central field in bold, slightly stylized relief, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. Flanking the numeral are two opposed feathery leaf sprigs extending from the lower field toward the upper rim. At the top, above the beaded circle, appears the letter U surmounted by a small crowned shield device. The legend BANICA is inscribed in evenly spaced raised Latin letters along the lower periphery outside the beaded border. The composition is clean and geometric, consistent with the pattern's modernist design aesthetic. |
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| Reverse lettering | U 25 BANICA (Translation: 25 Banica) |
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The Independent State of Croatia — the Ustaše puppet regime installed by Germany and Italy in April 1941 — moved quickly to establish its own monetary identity, commissioning pattern coinage before the state had fully consolidated control of its own territory. This 25 banica pattern in gold was never approved for circulation. The banica subdivision itself was a revival of pre-WWI Croatian monetary nomenclature, a deliberate political signal wrapped in numismatic form.
Viscevic catalogues only a handful of confirmed specimens.