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Ferdinandus Dei Gratia Hungariae Bohemiae Dalmatiae Croatiae Rex

/ ARTICLE, Coins, Numismatics

From the Middle Ages until 1918, the title of King of Croatia existed continuously, which clearly testifies to the millennium-long constitutional and legal continuity of Croatian statehood. With the disappearance of the native Croatian ruling dynasty, the Croatian royal title did not disappear as well, but rather continued to live on in the titulature of the Hungarian and then

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New Vizilin from 1751

/ ARTICLE, Coins, Numismatics

The paper discusses the variants of the new vižlin from 1751, which is the first year of minting that type of coin. A total of nine coins are analyzed, six of them for the first time. It is not exactly known by which decision the Senate of the Republic of Dubrovnik decided to mint talers. The decision of May 14, 1725, states

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New numismatic catalog „Coins of the City of Split“ published“

/ ARTICLE, Coins, LITERATURE, NEWS

Croatian numismatics is richer by another expert title. The long-awaited catalog „Money of the City of Split“, authored by Zlatko Viščević and Tomislav Dundović, has been published and is available for order from now on. This is the first independent numismatic book that systematically and in a modern way covers the Split communal

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New catalog “Money of the City of Split” – the first independent book on Split's municipal money

/ ARTICLE, Coins, LITERATURE, GENERAL

Croatian numismatics will soon be enriched by another extremely important edition. Following the great success and sold-out book „Slavonian Banovci,“ authors Zlatko Viščević and Tomislav Dundović will soon present a new book – the numismatic catalog „Money of the City of Split.“ This is the first independent numismatic catalog dedicated exclusively

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Glagolitic script on currency

/ ARTICLE, Coins, Banknotes, GENERAL

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).

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Award presentation: Yugoslavia, Order of the Republic with Silver Wreath, 6-torch variant

/ Phaleristics, DECORATIONS

In today's video, we are presenting a Yugoslav decoration – the Order of the Republic with a Silver Wreath (2nd class). It was awarded in socialist Yugoslavia for special merits in the fields of education, science, art, culture, and other areas of public activity. There are two variants of this decoration: with the coat of arms of the FPRY (5 torches) and the coat of arms

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