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Collection Yugoslavia #647

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20 Dinara (front) / 100 Dinara (back) Yugoslav Dinar

Yugoslavia 1946_1989 VF Needs review ✦ AI 60%
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Front · IMG_7491.HEIC cropped
Back · IMG_7492.HEIC cropped
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Identity

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Country Yugoslavia
Currency Yugoslav Dinar
Denomination 20 Dinara (front) / 100 Dinara (back)
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Issue year
Era 1946_1989
Legal status demonetized
Predecessor currency
Successor currency New Dinar
Subjects & design

What's on the note

Front portrait
Reverse subject The Horses of Lysippos sculpture
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Color palette #8b4789,#f5deb3,#8b0000
Themes statesman,architecture
Language / script Latin, Cyrillic

Front: This note displays the denomination '20 Dinara' in ornate guilloche design with the text 'SOCIJALISTICKA FEDERATIVNA REPUBLIKA JUGOSLAVIJA' (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) in Latin, Cyrillic, and Slovenian scripts. The denomination appears four times in different languages reflecting Yugoslavia's multilingual character: Serbian, Croatian/Bosnian, Slovenian, and Macedonian. The elaborate security printing includes rosettes and geometric patterns typical of socialist-era Yugoslav currency.

Back: The Horses of Lysippos (Horses of Saint Mark), a famous quadriga sculpture originally created by Greek sculptor Lysippos in the 4th century BCE. These bronze horses have stood atop St Mark's Basilica in Venice since the 13th century and are among the most celebrated examples of classical sculpture. The denomination shown on the reverse is '100 Dinara', issued by Narodna Banka Jugoslavije (National Bank of Yugoslavia). The date printed is 'XVII 1965', indicating the note was issued in 1965. Signatures of the Vice-Governor and Governor are present, printed in Belgrade.

Production

How it was made

Issuer Narodna Banka Jugoslavije
Issuer (native) Народна Банка Југославије
Printer Zavod za izradu novcanica, Beograd
Engraver
Material paper
Dimensions (mm)

Signatures: Viceguverner; Guverner

Security features: microprint,intaglio

Geography

Where in the world

Geography unknown for Yugoslavia.

The story

Background & history

This note presents a significant mismatch between front and back images. The front shows a 20 Dinara design while the back shows 100 Dinara dated 1965. The 100 Dinara reverse from 1965 is a well-documented issue (Pick #80) from the SFR Yugoslavia series issued during the Tito era, featuring the Horses of Saint Mark. The multilingual inscriptions reflect Yugoslavia's federal structure with six republics and multiple official languages. This currency series was part of the post-WWII Yugoslav dinar that circulated until various reforms in the 1990s following the country's dissolution. The visible date 'XVII 1965' on the back indicates this specific 100 Dinara note was issued in 1965. Without a clear match between front and back, attribution of the 20 Dinara front is uncertain.

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Grade VF
Serial number LR187191
Serial prefix LR

Note shows moderate circulation with visible creasing and edge wear. Paper integrity appears intact with no tears visible.

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AI extractions (2)
anthropic · claude-opus-4-5 2026-05-10 07:45:08
status: ok · step 2 · $0.1966 · 7399↓ + 1142↑ tokens
anthropic · claude-sonnet-4-5 2026-05-10 07:45:08
status: ok · step 1 · $0.0412 · 7399↓ + 1267↑ tokens
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