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50 000 Dinara
| Issuer | Narodna Banka Bosne i Hercegovine (National Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 50 000 Dinars (50 000 динарa) (50 000 BAD) |
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| Obverse lettering | NARODNA BANKA BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE НАРОДНА БАНКА БОСНЕ И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНЕ GUVERNER ГУВЕРНЕР PEDESET HILJADA DINARA PEDESET TISUCA DINARA ПЕДЕСЕТ ХИЉАДА ДИНАРА (Translation: National Bank of Bosnia-Herzegovina / Governor / Fifty Thousand Dinara) |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIKA BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA РЕПУБЛИКА БОСНА И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНА BON · БОН PEDESET HILJADA DINARA PEDESET TISUCA DINARA ПЕДЕСЕТ ХИЉАДА ДИНАРА (Translation: Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina / Voucher / Fifty Thousand Dinara) |
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Printed by Oslobođenje — the Sarajevo newspaper publisher turned emergency currency producer — during the siege of the city, this note was manufactured under active bombardment. The Oslobođenje building was a deliberate target and was repeatedly shelled throughout 1992 and 1993, yet the presses kept running. That the paper stock, ink quality, and registration held up at all under those conditions is the more remarkable story here.
The 50,000 dinar denomination reflects hyperinflationary pressure that was compounding the physical destruction. Bosnia's currency situation in 1993 was chaotic at multiple levels — competing monetary authorities, Yugoslav dinar overprints, and locally printed issues all circulated simultaneously in different-controlled territories.