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| Issuer | Narodna Banka Jugoslavije (National Bank of Yugoslavia) |
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| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | НАРОДНА БАНКА ЈУГОСЛАВИЈЕ NARODNA BANKA JUGOSLAVIJE НАРОДНА БАНКА НА ЈУГОСЛАВИЈА ДИНАРА · DINARA DINARJEV · ДИНАРИ D. ANDRIĆ FEC SC |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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By the time this note entered circulation, Yugoslavia's monetary situation was deteriorating fast. The 1989–90 hyperinflation had already forced a redenomination — the "new dinar" introduced in January 1990 lopped four zeros off the old currency — so this 50 Dinara was born into a denomination hierarchy that would be obsolete within two years. ZIN had been producing Yugoslav banknotes since the interwar period and continued printing through the dissolution, issuing notes for a state that was actively fracturing along republic lines.
The engraving credit split between Andrić on the obverse and Medecijan and Obradović on the reverse is unusual for a relatively low denomination.