Banknotes of the Yugoslav dinar

Main article: Yugoslav dinar

The banknotes of the Yugoslav dinar are the several series of paper money emitted by the central bank of the different consecutive states named Yugoslavia (Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).

1 1920 dinar
2 1944 dinar
3 1966 dinar
4 1990 dinar
5 1992 dinar
6 1993 dinar
7 1994 dinar
8 Novi dinar
9 References

1920 dinar

In 1920, the National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes issued notes for 10, 100 and 1000 dinara. Banknotes were printed by the American Bank Note Company.

1920–1926 Series
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse	Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Obverse	Reverse	printing	issue	withdrawal	lapse
		10 din.		Blue	male nude with wheel	rocky landscape	1 November 1920
		10 din.		Red	a woman	coat of arms, silhouette of a church	26 May 1926
		100 din.		Yellow	a woman	ships and a peasant	30 November 1920
		1000 din.		Violet	Saint George and the Dragon	man ploughing, different cities	30 November 1920
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Following the change of the country's name to Yugoslavia in 1929, modified 10 and 100 dinara notes were issued, followed by new 1000 dinara notes in 1931 and 500 dinara notes in 1935.

1929–1939 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	10 dinara		Green	King Peter Old Bridge in Mostar	a woman	1939
	20 dinara		Brown	King Peter	a womam	1936
	50 dinara		Brown	King Aleksandar	a horsman statue	1931
	100 dinara		Violet	a woman with sword	ships and a peasant	1929
	100 dinara		Violet	a woman and a soldier	two working women	1934
	500 dinara		Blue	King Peter	women working	1935
	1000 dinara		Yellow	Queen Maria of Yugoslavia	two women, one with a sickle and wheat, another with sword and shield	1931
	1000 dinara			three horsemen and a woman a teacher and a pupil	a fisherman and a blacksmith	1935
	10,000 dinara		Brown	King Peter	two farm workers	1936
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

1944 dinar

In 1944, the Democratic Federation of Yugoslavia issued notes for 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 dinara.

1944 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	1 dinar			partisan	coat of arms indication of value	1944
	5 dinara		blue
	10 dinara		pink
	20 dinara		red
	50 dinara		dark blue
	100 dinara		dark green
	500 dinara		brown
	1000 dinara		green
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

These were followed in 1946 by notes of the National Bank of the Federal People's Republic for 50, 100, 500 and 1000 dinara. 5000 dinara notes were introduced in 1950.

1946–1950 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	50 dinara		Yellow	a miner	a lumberjack	1946
	100 dinara		Brown	a blacksmith and a harvester	a fisherman
	500 dinara		Brown	a partisan	farmer ploughing
	1000 dinara		Brown	working woman	waterfall and a figure of a woman with a sword
	5000 dinara		Dark blue	a ship in the harbour	steel mill workers	1950
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

The new banknotes were issued in 1955.

1955–1963 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	100 dinara		Red	a woman	Dubrovnik	1955
	500 dinara		Green	woman with sickle	harvest
	1000 dinara		Brown	Arif Heralić	a factory
	5000 dinara		Dark blue	Relief by Ivan Meštrović at the Federal Parliament building	Federal Parliament building
	10 000 dinara		Red	The Monument of Peace by Antun Augustinčić in New York City in front of the UN Building	peace dove	1963
	50 000 dinara		Green	Statue of Nikola Tesla (in the Niagara Falls State Park) by Frano Kršinić background: the spiral coil of his high-frequency transformer at East Houston Street, New York	hydro plant	1963
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

1966 dinar

In 1966, banknotes (dated 1965) were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 50 and 100 dinara. They used the same obverse design as the 1955–1963 notes. 500 dinara notes were added in 1970, followed by 20 and 1000 dinara in 1974.

1965–1981 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	5 dinara	123 x 59 mm	Green	Woman with sickle	tractors	1965
	5 dinara	123 x 59 mm	Green	Woman with sickle	Indication of value	1968
	10 dinara	131 x 62 mm	Brown	Arif Heralić	a factory	1965
	10 dinara	131 x 62 mm	Brown	Arif Heralić	Indication of value	1968
	20 dinara	139 x 65 mm	Violet	Ship dockside	Indication of value	1974
	50 dinara	140 x 66 mm	Blue	Relief by Ivan Meštrović at the Parliament building in Belgrade	Federal Parliament Building	1965
	50 dinara	140 x 66 mm	Blue		Indication of value	1968
	100 dinara	148 x 70 mm	Red	The Monument of Peace by Antun Augustinčić (1900–1979) in New York in front of the main UN building.		1965
	500 dinara	156 x 74 mm	Dark green	Statue of Nikola Tesla (in the Niagara Falls State Park) by Frano Kršinić background: the spiral coil of his high-frequency transformer at East Houston Street, New York		1970
	1000 dinara	164 x 78 mm	Dark blue	Woman with fruits		1974
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

In 1985, a new series of notes began with the introduction of 5000 dinara notes featuring a portrait of the late President Josip Broz Tito. As the inflation worsened, banknotes for 20,000 dinara were introduced in 1987, followed by 50,000 dinara in 1988 and 100,000, 500,000, 1 million and 2 million dinara in 1989. The 500,000 and 2 million dinara notes were unusual in that they did not feature a portrait but an image of the monument on Kozara.

1985–1989 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	5,000 dinara		Violet	Josip Broz Tito	Jajce	1985
	20,000 dinara		Brown	Alija Sirotanović	Mining equipment	1987
	50,000 dinara		Green	a woman	Dubrovnik	1988
	100,000 dinara		Red	a girl	various letters and numerals	1989
	500,000 dinara		Violet	Battle of Kozara Memorial	Battle of Sutjeska Memorial
	1,000,000 dinara		Brown	a young woman	a spike of wheat
	2,000,000 dinara		Purple	Battle of Kozara Memorial	"Broken wings" monument in Šumarice
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

1990 dinar

In 1990, notes were introduced for 10, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 dinara, some of which had designs very similar to those used for the corresponding notes of the previous currency. In 1991, 5000 dinara notes were added.

1990–1991 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	10 dinara		red	a girl	various letters and numerals	1990
	50 dinara		violet	Battle of Kozara memorial	Battle of the Sutjeska Memorial	1990
	50 dinara		purple	a boy	flowers	1990
	100 dinara		brown	young woman	spike of wheat	1990
	100 dinara		dark green	young woman	spike of wheat	1991
	200 dinara		dark green and red	Battle of Kozara memorial	"Broken wings" monument in Šumarice	1990
	500 dinara		blue	young man	mountain	1990
	500 dinara		brown	young man	mountain	1991
	1000 dinara		orange	Nikola Tesla	Tesla coil	1990
	1000 dinara		blue	Nikola Tesla	Tesla coil	1991
	5000 dinara		violet	Ivo Andrić	Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge	1991
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

1992 dinar

In 1992, notes for 100, 500, 1000, 5000, 10,000 and 50,000 dinara were introduced in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Again, designs modified from the previous series of notes were used but this time not in order that notes of equal value had similar designs. In 1993, higher value notes were introduced for 100,000, 500,000, 1 million, 5 million, 10 million, 50 million, 100 million, 500 million, 1 milliard (billion) and 10 milliard dinara.

1992–1993 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	100 dinara		Blue	a young woman	a spike of wheat	1992
	500 dinara		Pink	a young man	mountain
	1000 dinara		Red	Nikola Tesla	Tesla coil
	5,000 dinara		Dark green	Ivo Andrić	Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
	10,000 dinara		Brown	a girl	various letters and numerals
	50,000 dinara		Green	a boy	flowers
	100,000 dinara		Yellow	a young woman	a spike of wheat	1993
	500,000 dinara		Violet	a young man	mountain
	1 Million dinara		Violet	a boy	flowers
	5 Million dinara		Blue and dark red	Nikola Tesla	Tesla coil and a hydro power plant
	10 Million dinara		Dark green	Ivo Andrić	National Library of Serbia
	50 Million dinara		Red	a girl	Captain Miša's Mansion
	100 Million dinara		Light blue	a young man	Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
	500 Million dinara		Violet	a young woman	Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Belgrade
	1 Billion dinara		Pink	a girl	Federal Parliament
	10 Billion dinara		Pink	Nikola Tesla	Tesla coil
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

1993 dinar

Banknotes for this currency were issued in denominations of 5000, 10,000, 50,000, 500,000, 1 million, 5 million, 50 million, 500 million, 5 billion, 50 billion and 500 billion. The unusual sequence of denominations was caused by the hyperinflation Yugoslavia was suffering from.

1993 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	5,000 dinara		Brown	Nikola Tesla	Nikola Tesla Museum	1993
	10,000 dinara		Red and green	Vuk Karadžić	Tršić and Tronoša
	50,000 dinara		Violet	Petar Petrović Njegoš	Cetinje monastery
	500,000 dinara		Green	Dositej Obradović	Hopovo monastery
	5,000,000 dinara		Brown and blue	Karađorđe	Church and mansion of Karađorđe
	50,000,000 dinara		Red	Mihajlo Pupin	Telephone Exchange building
	500,000,000 dinara		Blue	Jovan Cvijić	Captain Miša's Mansion
	5,000,000,000 dinara		Brown	Đura Jakšić	Vraćevšnica monastery
	50,000,000,000 dinara		Red and blue	Miloš Obrenović	Prince Miloš's Residence
	500,000,000,000 dinara		Dark red	Jovan Jovanović Zmaj	National Library of Serbia
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

1994 dinar

In January, 1994, notes were issued for 10, 100, 1000, 5000, 50,000, 500,000 and 10 million dinara. They circulated for just a few weeks before the currency was abandoned in favour of the novi dinar. 10 and 100 dinar notes were characteristic for lack of serial number on them.

1994 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	10 dinara		Green	Josif Pancic	mountain	1994
	100 dinara		Blue and red	Nikola Tesla	Nikola Tesla Museum
	1000 dinara		Violet and red	Petar Petrović Njegoš	Cetinje monastery
	5000 dinara		Blue and violet	Dositej Obradović	Hopovo monastery
	50,000 dinara		Red	Karađorđe	Church and mension of Karađorđe
	500,000 dinara		Yellow	Jovan Cvijić	Captain Miša's Mansion
	10,000,000 dinara (1993 banknote overprinted with "1994")		Dark green	Ivo Andrić	National Library of Serbia
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

Novi dinar

On January 24, 1994, notes were introduced for 1, 5 and 10 novih (new) dinara. A second series of notes was introduced later in the year for 5, 10 and 20 novih dinara, with 50 and 100 novih dinara notes added in 1996.

1994–1996 "Novi dinar" Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	1 novi dinar		Brown and blue	Josif Pancic	mountain	1994
	5 novih dinara		Red	Nikola Tesla	Nikola Tesla Museum
	5 novih dinara		Violet	Nikola Tesla	Nikola Tesla Museum
	10 novih dinara		Violet	Petar Petrovic Njegos	Cetinje monastery
	10 novih dinara		Brown	Petar Petrovic Njegos	Cetinje monastery
	20 novih dinara		Dark green and brown	Djura Jaksic	Vraćevšnica monastery
	50 novih dinara		Green	Miloš Obrenović	Prince Miloš's Residence	1996
	100 novih dinara		Dark green	Dositej Obradović	Hopovo monastery	1996
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

In 2000, new notes without the word "novih" were issued in denominations of 10, 20, 50 and 100 dinara. 200 and 1000 dinara notes were introduced in 2001, followed by 5000 dinara in 2002.

2000–2002 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	10 dinara		Ochre-yellow	Vuk Karadžić Filip Višnjić in the background	Figure of Vuk Karadžić Members of the First Slavic Congress held in Prague in 1848 Vignette of the letters Vuk introduced	2000
	20 dinara		Green	Petar Petrović Njegoš	Statue of Njegoš from the Njegoš's mausoleum Mount Lovćen
	50 dinara		Purple	Stevan Mokranjac A piano	Figure of Mokranjac A motif of Miroslav Gospels illumination scores Notes
	100 dinara		Blue	Nikola Tesla Definition of tesla, a unit of magnetic flux density	Portrait of Nikola Tesla A detail from the Tesla's AC motor
	200 dinara		Brown	Nadežda Petrović Statue of Nadežda Petrović Silhouette of the Gračanica Monastery	Figure of Nadežda Petrović Gračanica Monastery	2001
	1000 dinara		Red	Đorđe Vajfert An outline of Vajfert's brewery	Portrait of Vajfert Hologram image of St. George and the Dragon Details from the interior of the old building of the National Bank of Yugoslavia	2001
	5000 dinara		Purple and green	Slobodan Jovanović Ornamental detail from the building of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts	Portrait of Slobodan Jovanović Silhouette of the National Parliament	2002
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

The current Serbian dinar banknotes use almost the same design as the 2000–2002 Yugoslav notes. The main difference is that the words Narodna Banka Jugoslavije (National Bank of Yugoslavia) are changed to Narodna Banka Srbije (National Bank of Serbia) and the coat of arms of Serbia and Montenegro is changed to Serbian coat of arms.

References

Pick, Albert (1994). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: General Issues. Colin R. Bruce II and Neil Shafer (editors) (7th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-207-9.
Pick, Albert (1996). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: General Issues to 1960. Colin R. Bruce II and Neil Shafer (editors) (8th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-469-1.
Yugoslavia n banknotes at Infotech 2003
Ron Wise's Banknoteworld: Yugoslavia