2020-01-01 Wed

Yugoslavia was a country in Southeastern and Central Europe for most of the 20th century. It came into existence after World War I in 1918. The banknotes of the Yugoslav dinar are the several series of paper money emitted by the central bank of the different consecutive states named Yugoslavia such as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The dinar was subdivided into 100 paras.

In the early 1990s, there was severe and prolonged hyperinflation due to a combination of economic mismanagement and criminality. Massive amounts of money were printed and the highest denomination banknote that was issued was a 500 billion dinars.

Today we are looking at a 100 Dinara banknote that was issued in 1991. The obverse depicts an effigy of a young Yugoslav woman to left and the official Coat of Arms of the country in centre. The reverse features a Wheat ear in the centre. This predominantly Olive-green banknote has the portrait of a young woman as its watermark.

Image Courtesy: Banknote World