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80 Kruna overprint on 20 Dinara
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Olive-green intaglio vignette across the central field shows two farmers guiding a team of oxen pulling a plow, rendered in fine guilloche linework against a hatched background. The upper portion carries three-language ministry inscriptions in Cyrillic, Latin, and Slovenian scripts, while denomination numerals "20" appear in each corner in both Cyrillic (ДИНАРА) and Latin (DINARA). A bold red letterpress overprint reading "КРУНА 80 KRUNA KRON" is applied across the centre of the note, with the designer's signature "M.Cl. Crnčić fec." at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | Blue and pink bicolour design centred on a radiating vignette of a vast wheat field receding to the horizon, with sheaves of wheat flanking both sides and small figures of women harvesting in the lower corners. The large numeral "20" is printed centrally in dark blue over a warm pink guilloche underprint, with "DINARS" arching above. A red letterpress overprint "КРУНА 80 KRUNA KRON" is applied across the lower centre, and serial numbers appear at lower left and lower right. |
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When the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes absorbed the former Habsburg territories in 1918, it inherited a population accustomed to the Austro-Hungarian Kuna system rather than the Serbian Dinar. This overprint was a direct administrative response: existing 20 Dinara notes were run back through the Croatian state printer in Zagreb and stamped with a value of 80 Kruna, reflecting the official exchange rate set during monetary unification. The same press that had been producing paper for a dissolved empire was now rationalizing currency for a state that had existed for weeks.
Menci Clement Crnčić, primarily known as a painter and graphic artist, designed the underlying note — an unusual credit for someone outside the conventional banknote trade.