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5000000 Yugoslav Dinar

Yugoslavia 1993 1990_present VF P-P-133 Needs review ✦ AI 90%
Front · IMG_7501.HEIC cropped
Back · IMG_7502.HEIC cropped
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Identity

Where & when

Country Yugoslavia
Currency Yugoslav Dinar
Denomination 5000000
Series name Hyperinflation series
Series year 1993
Issue year 1993
Era 1990_present
Legal status demonetized
Predecessor currency Yugoslav Dinar (1990)
Successor currency Yugoslav Dinar (1994 reform)
Subjects & design

What's on the note

Front portrait Nikola Tesla monument statue
Reverse subject Young woman with traditional Serbian jewelry
Watermark
Color palette #8b6f47,#c4a582,#4a3428
Themes scientist,industry,indigenous_culture
Language / script Cyrillic, Latin

Front: Nikola Tesla monument statue, depicting the Serbian-American inventor and electrical engineer (1856–1943) who pioneered alternating current electricity systems. The monument shows Tesla in traditional Serbian dress with an Orthodox cross visible on his chest. Behind the statue is a depiction of the Đerdap I hydroelectric power station (Iron Gate I) on the Danube River, one of Europe's largest power plants, completed in 1972 as a joint Yugoslav-Romanian project. This note was issued during Yugoslavia's catastrophic hyperinflation period when the dinar lost value at an astronomical rate.

Back: Portrait of a young Serbian woman wearing traditional folk costume and jewelry, representing Yugoslav cultural heritage. The woman wears an ornate necklace typical of Serbian traditional dress. The design emphasizes cultural identity during a period of severe economic crisis and impending national dissolution. Text reads 'NARODNA BANKA JUGOSLAVIJE' (National Bank of Yugoslavia) with denomination '100 DINARA' overprinted on the existing 5,000,000 note.

Production

How it was made

Issuer National Bank of Yugoslavia
Issuer (native) Народна Банка Југославије
Printer
Engraver
Material paper
Dimensions (mm) 155x73

Signatures: Governor: signature visible but name not clearly legible

Security features: microprint,intaglio

Geography

Where in the world

Geography unknown for Yugoslavia.

The story

Background & history

This is a critically important hyperinflation note from the final years of Yugoslavia. Printed in Belgrade in 1993 and dated 'BEOGRAD 1993', it belongs to the series issued during one of history's worst hyperinflations. The 5,000,000 dinar denomination itself indicates extreme currency devaluation. What makes this specimen particularly significant is the '100' overprint visible on the back — during 1993–1994, Yugoslavia went through multiple currency reforms attempting to stabilize the dinar, and existing high-denomination notes were sometimes overprinted with new values as emergency measures. The note shows 'FALSIFIKOVANIE SE KAŽNJAVA PO ZAKONU' (counterfeiting is punished by law) on the front. The hyperinflation peaked in January 1994 with monthly inflation reaching 313 million percent. The Yugoslav dinar was replaced on January 24, 1994, by a new dinar at a rate of 1 new dinar = 1,000,000,000 old dinars. This series represents the economic collapse that accompanied Yugoslavia's disintegration. Serial number visible: AH 6099593.

Catalogue

Collector references

Pick # P-133
Krause ID
Rarity tier common
Series range 1993–1994
Provenance

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Condition
Grade VF
Serial number AH 6099593
Serial prefix AH

Note shows moderate circulation with visible creases, soiling, and wear consistent with use during hyperinflation. Center fold visible. Edges show some fraying.

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$5–$15
Type default range $5–$15
Valuation history (1)
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status: ok · step 1 · $0.0421 · 7399↓ + 1328↑ tokens
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