Vladimir Kirin

Long-standing dilemma regarding the identification of the girl on the 5000 Kuna banknote of the Independent State of Croatia

On September 5, 1923, in Zlosela near Kupres, Zorka (Zora) Livančić was born, as the fifth and final child of Ilija and Kata (née Milorad). Because her father was a blacksmith, Zora had the lifelong nickname Kovačuša. Zlosela was the largest Croatian village in the Kupres region, which in

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Ethnographic motif on the 100 Kuna banknote from 1943.

The ethnographic motif on the 100 Kuna banknote from 1943 represents the main visual element of the reverse side, located in its central part. It consists of the depiction of a woman with a little girl in her arms, dressed in folk costumes characteristic of certain settlements in the Zagreb sub-mountain region (Prigorje). At the time the banknote was created, those settlements

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Banknote display: Croatia 5000 kuna 1943. Second issue dated September 1, 1943.

In this video we present the 5000 kuna banknote from 1943, specifically the second issue dated September 1, 1943. The banknote was designed by academic painter Vladimir Kirin, and it features the Višeslav baptismal font and folk costumes from Vrlika. The banknote is styled with traditional Croatian ornamentation. The video was made for

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