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NBS-ZIN Test Note 2005
| Issuer | National Bank of Serbia |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Printer | Serbian state printer (ZIN - Zavod za izradu novčanica i kovanog novca), Belgrade, Serbia (1929-date) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Milena Pavlović-Barili at left, with a sculptural monument vignette of a fountain surrounded by three angelic figures at centre-right. The design serves as a ZIN test printing exercise with no assigned denomination. |
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| Reverse lettering | Milena Pavlovic-Barilli 1909-1945 2005 NBS-ZIN The Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes and Coins no value SPECIMEN |
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Test notes produced by ZIN — the Serbian state security printer — are working documents, not issued currency. This example from 2005 would have been used internally to verify paper stock, watermark registration, or press calibration, depending on where it fell in the production sequence. They are not distributed through banking channels and have no face value in circulation.
ZIN traces its origins to 1929 and has produced currency for several countries beyond Serbia. Test material from the facility rarely surfaces through conventional numismatic channels, which accounts for the limited catalog documentation on most examples.