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500 Kuna 800th Anniversary of the City of Osijek
| Issuer | Croatian National Bank |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 500 Kuna (500 HRK) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Osijek's founding date of 1196 is derived from a medieval charter, though the settlement itself — positioned at a strategic Drava River crossing — had been continuously occupied long before any document formalized it. The 800th anniversary issue appeared just four years after Croatian independence, when commemorative coinage served an intensely political function: asserting historical depth for a state whose international recognition was barely years old.
The .986 fineness is notably purer than the .900 gold standard common to most European commemoratives of the period.