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500 Dinara = 500 Kuna
| Issuer | Zemaljsko Antifašističko Vijeće Hrvatske (Territorial Antifascist Council of Croatia) |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Value | 500 Dinara |
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| Obverse lettering | ZAJAM NARODNOG OSLOBOĐENJA 500000000 SMRT FAŠIZMU — SLOBODA NARODU ZEMALJSKO ANTIFAŠISTIČKO VIJEĆE HRVATSKE dinara 500 kuna Serija H-IV |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries the full printed text of the 'UREDBA O ZAJMU NARODNOG OSLOBOĐENJA' (Decree on the National Liberation Loan) in five numbered articles set in letterpress, detailing the terms of the 500,000,000 dinar-kuna loan issued at three percent annual interest over ten years. At lower left an official circular stamp of the 'Izvršni Odbor Antifašističkog Vijeća Narodnog Oslobođenja Jugoslavije' is applied in violet ink alongside a date inscription of '15 januar 1943' and printed signatures of council members. At right, a vertical coupon strip lists semi-annual interest payment dates from 1 June 1943 through 1 December 1952. |
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The ZAVNOH notes of 1943 were issued by the Partisan administrative body for liberated and semi-liberated Croatian territory — a direct challenge to the Ustaše kuna already in circulation. Printing conditions were rudimentary; the notes were produced clandestinely, under occupation, and the dual denomination pairing of dinara and kuna reflects the political ambiguity of the moment: the Partisans needed the population to accept the paper while the outcome of the war remained genuinely uncertain.
Surviving examples are almost always heavily circulated. Clean ones raise immediate questions about provenance.