The three most important standards of the Ancient Greek monetary system were: 1. the Attic standard, based on the Athenian drachma of 4.3 grams of silver, 2. the Corinthian standard based on the stater of 8.6 g of silver, i.e., divided into three silver drachmas of 2.9 g, and 3. the Aeginetan standard based on the stater
On the occasion of the liberation of the occupied parts of northern Dalmatia, Lika, Kordun, and Banovina, as well as the Croatian royal city of Knin as part of the military and police operation “Storm” in August 1995, the Croatian National Bank (at the time the National Bank of Croatia) issued the gold ducat “Croatian Royal City of Knin”. On the obverse of the ducat, in the central
Numismatics is the science that deals with the study of ancient coins and medals. The word is of Greek origin, deriving from the word “nome,” which originally meant pasture and fodder, and later evolved to mean distribution and something given in exchange. A similar Greek word “nomos”
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The National Bank of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia had produced, but never put into circulation, as many as 16 types of paper banknotes, which today are a great rarity and a true treat in the collector's world. The banknotes, about which there is not a single piece of data in official literature except for images, can
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The Republic of Ragusa (Latin: Respublica Ragusina) was a patrician city-state that emerged from the medieval commune of Dubrovnik. It was established in 1358 and encompassed a major part of today's Dubrovnik-Neretva County. The Republic of Ragusa was territorially a small, but wealthy state with a highly developed trade and maritime sector. As such, it traded
The Order of the Yugoslav Crown was established on April 5, 1930, as a decoration in „memory of the Liberation and Unification of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and in recognition of work for the King and the Fatherland, as well as state and national unity.“ It is the only order established in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, while practically
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The main motif on modern Croatian banknotes is reserved exclusively for prominent and significant individuals from Croatia's long history, but an earlier period in numismatics artistically records the rich tradition and heritage of folk/national clothing in Slavonia on its banknotes. These ethnographic motifs of Slavonia are present on
To mark the 45th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II, the All-Union Council of War and Labor Veterans of the USSR decided to issue a special commemorative badge entitled “Partizan of Yugoslavia – Citizen of the USSR.” This badge is distinguished by its unusualness and rarity given its very small
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One of the most famous banknotes of the former shared state is the 20,000 dinar banknote from 1987, which features the image of a miner. That miner is remembered by practically everyone whose memory reaches back to the final years of the SFR Yugoslavia. Most people will say about that banknote that
Although some expressed doubt about the existence of the 1939 500-dinar banknote of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia without an overprint, for which there is a valid reason, indirect evidence has recently emerged that this banknote does exist. Colleague Marko Miletić from Belgrade managed to obtain a photocopy of this
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In the video from July 27, 2022, published on the YouTube channel NumizmatikaNET, we presented the Yugoslav Order of the People's Liberation. It is a high decoration established back in 1943, whose appearance and purpose of awarding changed over time. The video shows different types of fastening, but
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In the 2010 issue of “Numizmatičke vijesti”, the paper “The Last Banknotes of the SFR Yugoslavia“ was published, presenting well-founded indications that the 5000 dinar banknote for extraordinary needs of the National Bank of Yugoslavia from 1991 featuring the portrait of Ivo Andrić (issued on Dec 23, 1991, for the territory of the then SFRY excluding Slovenia and
Unissued banknote of SFR Yugoslavia 5000 Dinars 1.IX.1991. Read more »
A countermark is a stamp impressed on coins to indicate that they can be used in payment transactions. Usually, foreign and domestic (older) money was countermarked. This practice was used as early as the times of the ancient Greeks and Romans, and continued through the Middle Ages and the modern era.
Are there 5,440 unissued copies of the 500 dinar banknote dated May 6, 1939? More than 67 years have passed since the greatest enigma of Yugoslav notaphily—the 500 dinar banknote of the National Bank of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia dated May 6, 1939—came into being and disappeared, and to this day, despite many stories, people still talk about
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