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100 Yugoslav Dinar

Yugoslavia 1981 1946_1989 VF P-90a Needs review ✦ AI 93%
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Back · IMG_7486.HEIC cropped
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Identity

Where & when

Country Yugoslavia
Currency Yugoslav Dinar
Denomination 100
Series name 1981 Issue
Series year 1981
Issue year 1981
Era 1946_1989
Legal status demonetized
Predecessor currency
Successor currency Yugoslav Dinar (1990 reform)
Subjects & design

What's on the note

Front portrait Allegorical figures representing labor
Reverse subject Denomination rosette design
Watermark Stylized design in clear field at center-right
Color palette #8b4513,#daa520,#f5deb3
Themes labor,industry,socialist,allegorical
Language / script Cyrillic, Latin

Front: Allegorical composition depicting a male worker and female peasant in Socialist Realist style, representing the unity of industrial workers and agricultural laborers in Socialist Yugoslavia. The figures symbolize the working class foundation of the Socialist Federal Republic. This iconographic motif was standard on Yugoslav banknotes during the socialist era, emphasizing the state ideology of workers' solidarity and collective labor. The note is trilingual, reflecting Yugoslavia's multinational character with Cyrillic, Latin, and Macedonian Cyrillic scripts.

Back: Geometric denomination design with ornamental rosette at center displaying '500' within elaborate guilloche patterns and lathe-work borders. The reverse emphasizes the federal structure with the full name of the state repeated in Latin and Cyrillic scripts: 'Socijalistička Federativna Republika Jugoslavija' (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). Security text at bottom warns of punishment for counterfeiting according to law. The symmetrical design with repeated denominations in corners follows standard socialist-era Yugoslav banknote formatting.

Production

How it was made

Issuer National Bank of Yugoslavia
Issuer (native) Народна Банка Југославије
Printer Zavod za izradu novčanica (Banknote Printing Works), Belgrade
Engraver
Material paper
Dimensions (mm) 150x70

Signatures: Governor: signature visible; Deputy Governor: signature visible

Security features: microprint,intaglio,latent_image

Geography

Where in the world

Geography unknown for Yugoslavia.

The story

Background & history

This note belongs to the 1981 issue series of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRJ), printed by the state banknote works in Belgrade (Zavod za izradu novčanica). The date '4.XI.1981.' indicates November 4, 1981 as the issue date. The serial number CF 0047122 follows the standard Yugoslav format with two-letter prefix. This series circulated during the final decade of Socialist Yugoslavia, before the country's dissolution began in 1991. The 100 dinara denomination was a mid-range value during this period. The note features trilingual text (Serbo-Croatian in both Cyrillic and Latin scripts, plus Macedonian Cyrillic) reflecting the federal structure and equality of Yugoslav nations and nationalities. This series was withdrawn with the 1990 currency reform during hyperinflation and is now demonetized.

Catalogue

Collector references

Pick # 90a
Krause ID
Rarity tier common
Series range 1981–1990
Provenance

How it came to me

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Condition
Grade VF
Serial number CF 0047122
Serial prefix CF

Note shows moderate circulation with visible handling marks and slight soiling but retains good color and detail

Valuation

What it's worth now

$2–$8
Type default range $2–$8
Valuation history (1)
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History & extractions

AI extractions (1)
anthropic · claude-sonnet-4-5 2026-05-10 07:44:10
status: ok · step 1 · $0.0414 · 7399↓ + 1280↑ tokens
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