Catalog
50 Dinara
| Issuer | Republic of Serbian Krajina |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Obverse description | The left portion of the obverse carries a vignette of the Serbian coat of arms — a double-headed eagle with a shield bearing a cross and four Cyrillic Cs — set against a lightly printed microtext underprint. To the right, a large circular guilloche rosette in grey and yellow surrounds the bold numeral '50' at its centre. The issuer's name 'РЕПУБЛИКА СРПСКА КРАЈИНА' is inscribed at the top left, with the denomination '50 ПЕДЕСЕТ ДИНАРА' along the lower margin; the Minister of Finance's title, facsimile signature, and the place and date 'КНИН 1992.' appear on the right stub, alongside a vertical anti-counterfeiting warning in Cyrillic. |
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| Reverse description | The right half of the reverse presents the Serbian coat of arms — a double-headed eagle within a shield — rendered in fine intaglio-style line engraving on a guilloche underprint, with the issuer's name 'REPUBLIKA SRPSKA KRAJINA' above in Latin script and the denomination '50 PEDESET DINARA' along the lower panel. The left centre is occupied by a large, elaborate oval guilloche vignette in grey and gold comprising concentric petal-like layers that transition from dark to light tones toward the base. The left stub carries the red serial number, the place and date 'KNIN 1992.', and a vertical anti-counterfeiting legend, with a guilloche numeral panel '50' at the upper left corner. |
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The Republic of Serbian Krajina was a self-declared Serb breakaway state within Croatian territory, internationally unrecognized and dependent on Belgrade for virtually everything — including its currency. These notes were printed by ZIN in Belgrade and shipped into a warzone, effectively making the RSK's banknotes a financial extension of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia rather than a genuinely independent monetary instrument.
Twelve million-plus printed, but distribution was chaotic and the RSK itself ceased to exist by August 1995 after Operation Storm. Most of the print run never saw meaningful commerce.