Catalog
5 Dinara
| Issuer | Narodna Banka Bosne i Hercegovine (National Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Pink and lilac guilloche underprint covering the entire face, with a large numeral '5' as the central vignette rendered in pale gray against the radiating rosette pattern. The denomination legend 'PET DINARA' in Latin script and 'ПЕТ ДИНАРА' in Cyrillic appears along the lower margin, flanked by a fleur-de-lis ornament. To the right, the issuing authority 'NARODNA BANKA BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE' and its Cyrillic equivalent, the Governor's title, facsimile signature, the date '15 AVGUST - KOLOVOZ 1994 GODINE', and a secondary numeral '5' within a guilloche panel are printed in gray. |
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| Reverse description | Pink and lilac guilloche underprint consistent with the obverse, with the republic coat of arms watermark area to the left and a teal serial number vertically oriented along the left panel. A central circular vignette contains the Stari Most (Old Bridge) of Mostar rendered in gray intaglio-style engraving. The denomination legend 'PET DINARA' in Latin and 'ПЕТ ДИНАРА' in Cyrillic runs along the lower margin with a fleur-de-lis ornament at center, while the state title 'REPUBLIKA BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA' in both Latin and Cyrillic scripts appears across the upper left. |
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Dom Štampe in Zenica was one of the few printing facilities operating inside Bosnia and Herzegovina during the siege period, which is precisely why this note exists at all. Producing currency domestically while the country was at war — with supply chains severed and international access severely restricted — was a logistical and political statement as much as an economic necessity.
The watermark is modest by any standard, a reflection of wartime production constraints rather than indifference to security. Inflation rendered small denominations like this one nearly worthless within months of issue.