Croatian kuna and lipa circulating coins had one interesting feature that made them recognizable among numismatists worldwide. Depending on whether they were minted in an odd or even year, the coins bore Croatian or Latin names of the plants and animals depicted on the reverse. On coins with odd
Variants of one kuna coins with a Latin inscription Read more »
A new catalog titled „Coins and Banknotes of the Republic of Croatia 1991–2026“ is in preparation and is expected to be published in about a month. It is a standalone printed book dedicated to the coins and paper money of the Republic of Croatia, from the period of the Croatian dinar and the kuna, all the way to today's Croatian euros.
The Croatian National Bank and the Croatian Mint are continuing the „Croatian Ships“ commemorative numismatic program series with a new issue dedicated to the Neretva boat, one of Croatia's most recognizable traditional vessels. The new issue includes three gold coins and two silver coins of different face values and weights, made of gold and silver with a purity of 999.9/1000.
New Croatian gold and silver coins dedicated to the Neretva boat Read more »
Trial strikes for the currency of the Independent State of Croatia rank among the rarest, numismatically and commercially most interesting collections of 20th-century Croatian numismatics. These are coin strikes conceived as minted money of the Independent State of Croatia, but which as a rule never became legal tender and were not minted in
Trial strikes of NDH coins at foreign auctions: a market overview over the past 24 years Read more »
Banknotes of the Croatian kuna were introduced into circulation on May 30, 1994, simultaneously with kuna and lipa coins, thereby completing the process of establishing the new monetary system of the Republic of Croatia. In the first issue, banknotes were released in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, and 1000
Literacy is one of the fundamental elements of every nation's identity, and in the Croatian case, it historically developed through three scripts: Glagolitic, Cyrillic, and Latin. A particularity of Croatian cultural history is the fact that all three scripts also developed their own national variants: the Croatian (angular) Glagolitic script and the Croatian Cyrillic script (arvatica).
Croatian numismatics will soon receive a new valuable publication. Authored by Tomislav Dundović and Zlatko Viščević, a new book is being released, the numismatic catalog “Slavonian Banovci”. This is also the first independent catalog dedicated exclusively to Slavonian banovci in the history of Croatian numismatic publishing. Until now, Slavonian banovci were covered
To mark the 25th anniversary of the admission of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations, the Croatian National Bank put a new commemorative 25-kuna circulation coin into circulation on May 22, 2017. The conceptual and artistic design of this coin was created by academic sculptor Damir Mataušić, and it was minted at the Croatian Monetary Institute (today
It starts with the Smurfs and ends with numismatics. A short statement by Zlatko Viščević for Radio Dalmacija on the topic of rarer kuna and lipa coins that have numismatic potential. Host: Antica Cikojević. This audio recording was made in November 2022 and was broadcast on Radio
Statement by Zlatko Viščević for the show “Euro kutak” on Radio Sljeme. The topic of the show was numismatics. A mistake slipped into the show during the listing of rarer kuna coins. Namely, instead of 2 and 5 kuna from 2021, 2001 was mistakenly said. Show host: Ivan Hlupić. This audio recording is
Statement by Zlatko Viščević for the show “Dnevni ritam” on the 1st program of Croatian Radio. The topic of the show was “numismatics and kunas”. Host and editor of the show: Ivica Ružičić. This audio recording was made in September 2022 and was broadcast as part of the show “Dnevni ritam” on the 1st program.
A report from HRT's central news program, the Dnevnik, about the release of the new 25-kuna coin dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Croatia. This is the first Croatian coin for which citizens had the opportunity to vote via the Internet to choose the final artistic design to be minted.
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