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500 Kuna
| Issuer | Narodna Banka Hrvatske (National Bank of Croatia) |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Isometric architectural vignette of Diocletian's Palace in Split as it appeared in the 3rd century AD occupies the centre, rendered in fine intaglio line work over a light multicolour underprint with wave-pattern guilloche. A small engraved figure of an 11th-century Croatian ruler in relief stands at lower left. The large numeral 500 appears at lower centre in colour-shifting ink, with the denomination PET STOTINA KUNA set vertically at right, and the date and governor's signature in the upper right field. |
| Reverse lettering | 500 SPLIT, DIOKLECIJANOVA PALAČA III. ST. POSLIJE KRISTA PET STOTINA KUNA ZAGREB, 31. LISTOPADA 1993. GUVERNER PERO JURKOVIĆ NARODNA BANKA HRVATSKE LIK HRVATSKOG VLADARA , XI. ST. 500 |
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Croatia's 1993 note series was printed under urgent conditions — the country had declared independence in 1991, the Homeland War was ongoing, and a functioning national currency was a political and logistical priority. G&D Leipzig supplied several denominations, with this being among the higher-value pieces in that initial kuna reintroduction. The kuna itself carried deliberate historical weight: it had last circulated under the wartime Ustaše government, a fact that provoked sharp criticism at the time of reintroduction from Serbian politicians and some international observers.
Miroslav Šutej was one of Croatia's most respected graphic artists, known internationally for his optical and kinetic work. His involvement gave the series a design pedigree unusual for emergency-era currency.