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50 YUD

Yugoslavia 1978 1946_1989 XF P-89a Needs review ✦ AI 75%
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Front · IMG_7483.HEIC cropped
Back · IMG_7484.HEIC cropped
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Identity

Where & when

Country Yugoslavia
Currency YUD
Denomination 50
Series name 1978 Series
Series year 1978
Issue year 1978
Era 1946_1989
Legal status demonetized
Predecessor currency
Successor currency Yugoslav Dinar (1990 reform)
Subjects & design

What's on the note

Front portrait Worker and Peasant
Reverse subject Denomination rosette with multilingual state name
Watermark Portrait visible in clear field
Color palette #8b7355,#d4af37,#4682b4
Themes statesman,industry,agriculture
Language / script Latin and Cyrillic

Front: Allegorical representation of a male worker and female peasant, symbolizing the socialist ideals of labor and agriculture in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This dual portrait design was characteristic of Yugoslav currency during the socialist period, emphasizing the unity of industrial workers and rural farmers as the foundation of the socialist state. The note is issued by the Narodna Banka Jugoslavije (National Bank of Yugoslavia) with text in Latin and Cyrillic scripts reflecting the multilingual nature of the federation. Date and place of issue shown as 'Beograd - Beograd / Belgrad' dated 12.VIII.1978.

Back: Central denomination rosette displaying '100 STO DINARJEV / STO DINARA / СТО ДИНАРИ' with the full name of the issuing state 'SOCIJALISTIČKA FEDERATIVNA REPUBLIKA JUGOSLAVIJA' (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) in Latin and Cyrillic scripts. The design emphasizes the multinational character of Yugoslavia through trilingual denomination expressions (Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian Latin, and Serbian Cyrillic). Legal tender clause visible at bottom in multiple languages.

Production

How it was made

Issuer National Bank of Yugoslavia
Issuer (native) Народна Банка Југославије
Printer Zavod za izradu novčanica, Belgrade
Engraver
Material paper
Dimensions (mm) 154x70

Signatures: Zamjenik Guvernera (Deputy Governor): signature visible; Guverner (Governor): signature visible

Security features: intaglio,microprint,raised_print

Geography

Where in the world

Geography unknown for Yugoslavia.

The story

Background & history

This 50 dinar note belongs to the 1978 series issued by the National Bank of Yugoslavia during the socialist era under Josip Broz Tito's leadership. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945-1992) comprised six republics, and its currency reflected this diversity through multilingual text in Latin and Cyrillic scripts. The 1978 series remained in circulation through the 1980s until hyperinflation in the late 1980s led to currency reforms. The denomination discrepancy (note shows '50 DINARA' on front but '100 STO DINARA' on back) indicates this is a mismatched pair - the front is from a 50 dinar note (P-89) while the back appears to be from a 100 dinar note (P-90). The allegorical worker-peasant imagery was standard socialist iconography emphasizing the worker-peasant alliance as the foundation of the socialist state. The Zavod za izradu novčanica in Belgrade was the state printing works responsible for Yugoslav banknote production.

Catalogue

Collector references

Pick # 89a
Krause ID
Rarity tier common
Series range 1978-1986
Provenance

How it came to me

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Condition
Grade XF
Serial number AE 5209322
Serial prefix AE

Note appears to have light circulation with good color retention and minor handling marks

Valuation

What it's worth now

$2–$8
Type default range $2–$8
Valuation history (1)
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2026-05-10 07:44:09 2.0 8.0 USD ai from claude-sonnet-4-5
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AI extractions (2)
anthropic · claude-opus-4-5 2026-05-10 07:44:09
status: ok · step 2 · $0.2020 · 7399↓ + 1214↑ tokens
anthropic · claude-sonnet-4-5 2026-05-10 07:44:09
status: ok · step 1 · $0.0423 · 7399↓ + 1341↑ tokens
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