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| Issuer | Narodna Banka Jugoslavije / National Bank of Yugoslavia |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Value | 500 Dinara |
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| Obverse description | Green-toned cheque voucher on plain paper, with the issuing authority's name printed in four languages across the top: Cyrillic Serbian, Latin Serbian, English, and French. The central vignette carries the large denomination numeral '500' flanked by the denomination legend in Serbian (Динара / Динари / Динарјев) on either side. The lower portion bears a printed date of 1 January 1983, place of issue 'Belgrade', a Governor's signature line, a red serial number, and anti-forgery text along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | НАРОДНА БАНКА ЈУГОСЛАВИЈЕ · NARODNA BANKA JUGOSLAVIJE · НАРОДНА БАНКА НА ЈУГОСЛАВИЈА NATIONAL BANK OF YUGOSLAVIA · BANQUE NATIONALE DE YOUGOSLAVIE ЧЕК НА ДИНАРЕ · ДИНАРСКИ ЧЕК · ЧЕК НА ДИНАРИ CHEQUE DRAWN IN DINARS · CHEQUE EN DINARS ДИНАРА ДИНАРЈЕВ ДИНАРА ДИНАРИ 500 ДОБИВАЊЕ ОВОГ ЧЕКА КАО ЗАКОНСКОГ СРЕДСТВА ПЛАЋАЊА КАЖЊИВО ЈЕ ПО ЗАКОНУ БЕОГРАД · BEOGRAD · BELGRADE 1. 1. 1983 ГУВЕРНЕР · GUVERNER РОК ВАЖЕЊА ЧЕКА НИЈЕ ОГРАНИЧЕН · VALIDITY OF THE CHEQUE IS NOT LIMITED · LA VALIDITE DU CHEQUE EST ILLIMITEE ФАЛСИФИКОВАЊЕ СЕ КАЖЊАВА ПО ЗАКОНУ · FORGERY IS PUNISHABLE BY LAW |
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By 1983, Yugoslavia's federal monetary system was already fracturing under the weight of republican debt guarantees and an inflation rate that would reach triple digits before the decade ended. The 500 Dinar note entered circulation into that deteriorating environment — within a few years, successive redenominations would make it functionally worthless, and new notes of staggeringly higher face values would follow in rapid succession.
Zavod za Izradu Novčanica, the state's own security printing facility in Belgrade, produced the entire series domestically — a point of national industrial pride that became increasingly irrelevant as the presses struggled to keep pace with monetary collapse.