5 Kuna 48th blood collection action, Croatian Red Cross

The Croatian Red Cross has issued commemorative kuna notes periodically to mark blood donation milestones, a practice unique among Red Cross societies in the region. These are not legal tender and carry no monetary backing — they function as collectible receipts of civic participation, distributed to donors at organized collection events. The 48th action places this squarely in a long-running series that began decades earlier.

Paper composition and small-scale print runs make these fragile over time, though most are kept rather than handled.