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20 Dinara Yugoslav Dinar

Yugoslavia 1992 1990_present VF P-P-113a Needs review ✦ AI 90%
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Identity

Where & when

Country Yugoslavia
Currency Yugoslav Dinar
Denomination 20 Dinara
Series name Hyperinflation series
Series year 1992
Issue year 1992
Era 1990_present
Legal status demonetized
Predecessor currency Reformed Dinar 1990
Successor currency 1994 Dinar
Subjects & design

What's on the note

Front portrait
Reverse subject Decorative geometric pattern with overprinted denomination
Watermark
Color palette #8b4789,#d4a76a,#f5e6d3
Themes commemorative
Language / script Latin, Cyrillic

Front: Yugoslav 20 Dinara note from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, printed in purple ink with trilingual text (Serbo-Croatian in Latin, Cyrillic, and Slovene scripts). The note features ornate guilloche patterns and denominational text in the three official scripts of Yugoslavia. This note is from the final hyperinflation period of Yugoslavia (1992–1994), when the country was disintegrating. The denomination '20' appears in the corners with text reading 'DVADESET DINARA' (twenty dinars) in various language variants.

Back: The reverse features a geometric decorative pattern in orange-brown tones with a large overprint reading '10000' and 'DESET HILJADA DINARA' (ten thousand dinars). The text 'BEOGRAD 1992' (Belgrade 1992) appears at bottom left, along with a signature line for 'GUVERNER' (Governor). This overprint was applied during Yugoslavia's hyperinflation crisis when the original 20 Dinara note was revalued to 10,000 Dinara, a 500-fold increase reflecting the catastrophic inflation rate.

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) 120x60

Signatures: Guverner: signature visible (name illegible)

Security features: microprint,geometric_pattern

Geography

Where in the world

Geography unknown for Yugoslavia.

The story

Background & history

🎉 Commemorating Hyperinflation emergency issue with 10000 denomination overprint.

This is a 20 Dinara note from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia overprinted with '10000' denomination during the Yugoslav hyperinflation of 1992–1994, one of the worst hyperinflations in history. As the country disintegrated amid civil war, the National Bank resorted to overprinting existing lower-denomination notes to create higher values rather than printing entirely new notes. The note shows '1992' printed on the back, confirming the year of issue. This practice of revalidation was common during the hyperinflation period when monthly inflation rates reached astronomical levels. The note was demonetized in January 1994 when the 'super dinar' reform attempted to stabilize the currency. The trilingual printing reflects Yugoslavia's official policy of representing its major constituent republics. Pick catalog P-113a documents this specific overprint variety. These hyperinflation notes are historically significant as artifacts of economic collapse and are relatively common in the collector market due to the massive quantities printed.

Catalogue

Collector references

Pick # P-113a
Krause ID
Rarity tier common
Commemorative Yes
Series range 1992–1993
Provenance

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Condition
Grade VF
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Well-circulated note with multiple folds, creases, and wear consistent with heavy use during hyperinflation period. Some staining and edge wear visible.

Valuation

What it's worth now

$2–$8
Type default range $2–$8
Valuation history (1)
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AI extractions (1)
anthropic · claude-sonnet-4-5 2026-05-10 07:45:16
status: ok · step 1 · $0.0425 · 7399↓ + 1356↑ tokens
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