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400 Dinara Auto-moto Savez Jugoslavije
| Issuer | Auto-Moto Savez Jugoslavije (AMSJ) |
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| Year | 1983 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress voucher with a guilloche-bordered rectangular frame. The AMS Jugoslavije circular emblem with a five-pointed star appears at upper left, alongside the issuer name and bold "BON" title with series designation TB/83. The denomination "400" is rendered in large ornate numerals at centre, with quadrilingual fuel-use inscription and a seller's seal box at right. |
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| Reverse description | Plain green-on-white reverse enclosed within a guilloche-bordered frame, filled entirely with the terms and conditions of use printed in four languages: Serbian, English, French, and German, arranged in four separate paragraph blocks. |
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The Auto-Moto Savez Jugoslavije was Yugoslavia's national automobile and motorcycle association, and this 400 Dinara piece is not a banknote in any conventional sense — it functioned as a prepaid fuel coupon or travel voucher, issued during a period when Yugoslavia managed hard currency shortages and fuel rationing through parallel coupon systems. Foreign tourists were often required or encouraged to purchase fuel in this way, insulating the official dinar exchange rate from the pressures of the black market.
By 1983, Yugoslav inflation was already accelerating sharply toward the hyperinflationary collapse of the late 1980s. The 400 dinar denomination reflects that pressure.