Catalog
4 Dukata - Aleksandar I Pattern
| Issuer | State Mint of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
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| Year | 1931 |
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| Value | 4 Ducats (4 dukata) (50) |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
| Reverse lettering | KRALJEVINA JUGOSLAVIJA 1931 DUKATA 4 ДУКАТА (Translation: Kingdom of Yugoslavia 4 Dukats) |
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Pattern issues from the Kingdom of Yugoslavia are poorly documented in most references, and this silver striking of the 4 Dukata denomination sits in that uncertain territory between official trial piece and presentation fancy. The dukat denomination itself was an attempt to anchor Yugoslav coinage to a recognizable Central European trading unit — the gold dukat had circulated across the Balkans and Habsburg territories for centuries — but the program never advanced to circulation strikes.
Aleksandar I was assassinated in Marseille in October 1934, and much of the coinage program projected during his reign died with the political momentum of his government.