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| Issuer | Yugoslav National Bank |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse lettering | ДИНАРА 50 DINARA 1993 (Translation: 50 Dinars) |
| Edge | Plain |
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By 1993, Yugoslavia's monetary system was in free fall. The dinar had already been redenominated once, and this 50-dinar piece would be rendered worthless within months as inflation accelerated toward what became one of the worst hyperinflationary episodes in recorded history — peaking in January 1994 at a monthly rate exceeding two million percent. Coins like this one effectively never circulated in any meaningful economic sense; by the time they reached the public, their face value had already been consumed by price increases measured in hours, not days.