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100 YUD

Yugoslavia 1978 1946_1989 VG P-90 Needs review ✦ AI 92%
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Identity

Where & when

Country Yugoslavia
Currency YUD
Denomination 100
Series name 1978 issue
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
Reverse subject Industrial harbor scene with cargo ship and port cranes
Watermark
Color palette #8b4049,#d4af84,#f5f5dc
Themes industry,transport,architecture
Language / script Latin, Cyrillic

Front: The front of this 100 Dinara note from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia features a geometric design with the central denomination '100' in an ornate circular guilloche pattern. The text 'STO DINARA / STO DINARJEV / СТО ДИНАРИ' appears in trilingual format (Serbo-Croatian Latin, Slovenian, and Cyrillic), reflecting Yugoslavia's multilingual federal structure. A warning about counterfeiting punishment appears at the bottom in three scripts. The note emphasizes Yugoslavia's socialist identity through repeated inscriptions of 'SOCIJALISTIČKA FEDERATIVNA REPUBLIKA JUGOSLAVIJA' in Latin and Cyrillic alphabets.

Back: Industrial harbor scene depicting a cargo vessel moored at a port facility with large loading cranes, representing Yugoslavia's industrial and maritime economy during the socialist period. The scene symbolizes the country's focus on heavy industry, international trade, and economic development. The issuing authority 'Narodna Banka Jugoslavije' (National Bank of Yugoslavia) appears in three scripts (Cyrillic, Latin, Macedonian Cyrillic). The note is dated '1.VIII.1978' (1 August 1978) in Belgrade, the federal capital.

Production

How it was made

Issuer National Bank of Yugoslavia
Issuer (native) Народна Банка Југославије
Printer
Engraver M. Petrović FEC; T. Krnajić SC
Material paper
Dimensions (mm) 152x72

Signatures: Governor: Dragan Janjović; Deputy Governor: Kosarac

Security features: intaglio,microprint

Geography

Where in the world

Geography unknown for Yugoslavia.

The story

Background & history

This 100 Dinara note belongs to the 1978 series issued by the National Bank of Yugoslavia during the Socialist Federal Republic period (1945-1992). The SFRY Dinar was the official currency of Yugoslavia throughout most of the Cold War era. This series was issued during Tito's final years (he died in 1980) and continued in circulation through the 1980s. The note's design reflects Yugoslav socialist ideology and the country's multilingual, multi-ethnic federal structure, with inscriptions in Latin and Cyrillic scripts representing the six constituent republics. The 1978 series was eventually replaced during Yugoslavia's economic crisis and hyperinflation of the late 1980s, leading to multiple currency reforms in 1990 and beyond. Pick catalogue reference P-90 is well-documented for this denomination and design.

Catalogue

Collector references

Pick # 90
Krause ID
Rarity tier common
Series range 1978-1986
Provenance

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Condition
Grade VG
Serial number DA6618975
Serial prefix DA

Circulated note with visible center fold, wear, staining, and minor edge damage. Some color fading and soiling evident throughout.

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status: ok · step 1 · $0.0417 · 7399↓ + 1303↑ tokens
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