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 »
In „Narodne novine”, the official gazette of the Independent State of Croatia, issue number 248 of November 2, 1942, published the exchange rate list for the month of November 1942. At first glance, this is dry administrative data, but for numismatists such a document is extremely interesting. It shows how
Detailed observation of the 5, 20, and 50 kuna banknotes leads to interesting discoveries. Namely, the microtext printed on the obverse of the banknotes repeatedly repeats one and the same text, but upon careful reading of that text, we find grammatical errors. The question arises here whether these are accidental grammatical
Security features or grammatical errors on Croatian kuna banknotes? Read more »
The 5-kuna silver coin minted in 1934 has been written about on several occasions, and a number of sometimes contradictory conclusions have been reached regarding it. Original documents from Belgrade, available in the form of microfilms in the Croatian State Archives, shed light on many details about the activities of the Ustasha movement in Italy, to which
Here we broadcast a recorded lecture in which Assoc. Prof. Tomislav Portada, PhD, talks about the chemistry of money. Although the appearance of coins and banknotes, their issues, circulations, and preservation are often discussed, here we look at money from a different angle – a chemical perspective. In the lecture you will find out: The lecture combines
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
Replacement banknotes represent a special and often insufficiently known segment of notaphily, which interestingly connects the technical process of money printing with collecting practice. Although at first glance they do not differ from regular specimens, their role in the monetary system and the way they are marked make them particularly interesting to researchers
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).
Banknotes from the same position on the sheet bear the characteristics of the cliché with which they were printed. It is common for individual clichés to have a minor or major defect, so all banknotes printed at the position of such a cliché also have that peculiarity in their final appearance. Depending on where
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
Ethnographic motif on the 100 Kuna banknote from 1943. Read more »
It is a great honor and pleasure to speak with people who have made history, especially history that is a subject of one's personal interest. One of those people is the academic sculptor, university professor, and academician Kuzma Kovačić, the man who visually designed the kuna and lipa coins. In this
Interview with academic sculptor Kuzmo Kovačić, “father of the minted kuna and lipa” Read more »
In today's video, we are talking about the smallest Croatian circulating banknote until the introduction of the euro, the National Bank of Croatia 5 kuna banknote dated October 31, 1993. This banknote belongs to the first series of kuna banknotes and was withdrawn from circulation in 2007 when it was replaced by a new series with better security features
Overview of the banknote: Croatia 5 Kuna 1993, Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan Read more »
The Croatian Mint, our national mint, has undergone major changes in the past few years. These changes are also reflected in the new numismatic issues, which have finally begun to match the pace of modern global numismatics. One of the people responsible for this is Ivan Odrljin, with whom we
With Ivan Odrljin of the Croatian Mint on Croatian numismatics today and future plans Read more »
Today we are presenting one of the greatest rarities of modern Croatian numismatics; a coin that many thought was just a part of stories and legends and that it didn't actually even exist, and it is the 2 kuna coin from 1993 in which the letter „T“ from the inscription
Coin overview: Croatia 2 Kuna 1993. T below the tail Read more »
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