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5000 Dinara Mediterranean Games
| Issuer | Yugoslavia |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Value | 5000 Dinars (5000 динарa) (5000 YUD) |
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| Reverse lettering | JOSIP BROZ TITO-POKROVITELJ VIII MEDITERANSKIH IGARA ·SPLIT 1979· |
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| Mintage | 1979 - Proof - 12,000 |
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Yugoslavia hosted the Mediterranean Games in Split in 1979, the first time the event was held in a socialist country. The organizing committee pushed hard for commemorative gold issues partly as hard currency earners — Yugoslavia's chronic balance-of-payments problems made foreign-exchange-generating numismatic exports a genuine economic tool, not an afterthought.
The .900 fineness places this outside the standard fine gold (.999) issues more familiar to modern collectors, a deliberate continuity with pre-war European coin traditions that Yugoslav state mints maintained through this period.