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20 HRK

Croatia 2012 1990_present VF P-P-40 AI extracted ✦ AI 95%
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Identity

Where & when

Country Croatia
Currency HRK
Denomination 20
Series name Fourth series
Series year 2012
Issue year 2012
Era 1990_present
Legal status demonetized
Predecessor currency Croatian dinar
Successor currency Euro
Subjects & design

What's on the note

Front portrait Juraj Dobrila
Reverse subject Eltz Palace Vukovar
Watermark Portrait of Juraj Dobrila in clear field
Color palette #d4a373,#c97b7b,#f5e6d3
Themes statesman,architecture
Language / script Latin

Front: Juraj Dobrila (1812–1882), Croatian bishop, politician, and educator who served as Bishop of Poreč and Pula. A prominent advocate for Croatian language rights and education in Istria during the Austro-Hungarian period, he founded schools, libraries, and the newspaper 'Naša sloga'. The denomination '20' appears centrally with decorative patterns including Croatian checkerboard shield elements, and text 'DVADESET KUNA' (twenty kuna). The note displays the issuer 'HRVATSKA NARODNA BANKA' vertically on the left.

Back: Eltz Palace (Dvorac Eltz) in Vukovar, a baroque mansion built in the 18th century that now houses the Vukovar City Museum. The inscription reads 'VUKOVAR DVORAC ELTZ XVIII ST.' (Vukovar Eltz Palace 18th century). Below the building appears a Vučedol dove (Vučedolska golubica), a ceramic vessel from around 2500 BC representing the famous Vučedol culture archaeological site near Vukovar. The inscription notes '2500 GOD. PR. KR.' (2500 years before Christ). The date 'ZAGREB, 9. SRPNJA 2012.' and governor's signature appear on the right.

Production

How it was made

Issuer Croatian National Bank
Issuer (native) Hrvatska Narodna Banka
Printer Giesecke+Devrient
Engraver
Material paper
Dimensions (mm) 134x68

Signatures: Governor: Boris Vujčić

Security features: thread,microprint,intaglio,latent_image,see_through_register

Geography

Croatia in Europe

Croatia in Europe. Other countries on the same continent shown in muted grey.

The story

Background & history

This note belongs to Croatia's fourth currency series, the Croatian kuna, introduced in 1994 to replace the Croatian dinar during the country's post-independence monetary reform. The kuna served as Croatia's currency from 1994 until Croatia adopted the euro on January 1, 2023. The 2012 dated notes represent a later printing within this series. The note features Juraj Dobrila, honoring his contributions to Croatian cultural development in Istria, while the reverse depicts Vukovar, a city of immense symbolic importance due to its suffering during the Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995). The Vučedol dove represents Croatia's ancient cultural heritage. The kuna was subdivided into 100 lipa.

Catalogue

Collector references

Pick # P-40
Krause ID
Rarity tier common
Series range 1993–2023
Provenance

How it came to me

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Currency
Condition
Grade VF
Serial number B6481826B
Serial prefix B
Serial suffix B

Visible circulation with some soiling and handling marks throughout; note appears slightly wrinkled

Valuation

What it's worth now

$3–$8 EUR
Type default range $3–$8
Valuation history (1)
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