Banknotes of the Yugoslav dinar

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

1919 dinar[]

The first dinar banknotes printed by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes were ½, 1, 5, 10, 20, 100 and 1000 dinara banknotes printed in 1919. They were the continuation of the pre-WWI Serbian dinar and had the same value. The banknotes were overstamped with the value in Austro-Hungarian krone (Serbo-croatian: Kruna) to make the conversion easier (in the rate 1 dinar = 4 krone). Some ½ and 1 dinar banknotes were issued before the overstamping started, so they had no krone value stamped. The stamp on the 1 dinar = 4 krone banknote had a printing error: instead of the Cyrillic text "4 КРУНЕ", the text read "4 КУРНЕ".[1]

1919 "Dinar - Kruna" Series
Image Value Image size (mm) Main Colour Obverse Reverse First printed date Issued Withdrawn[2]
0.5 dinara = 2 krune 1919 Yugoslav banknote obverse.jpg 0.5 dinara = 2 krune 1919 Yugoslav banknote reverse.jpg ½ dinara = 2 krune 80 х 51 Red Coat of arms of the Kingdom Indication of value (in French) 1919 31 December 1925
1 dinar = 4 krone 1999 Yugoslavia obverse.jpg 1 dinar = 4 krone 1999 Yugoslavia reverse.jpg 1 dinar = 4 krune 110 x 77 Yellow Miloš Obilić
5 dinara = 20 krune 1919 Yugoslav banknote obverse.jpg 5 dinara = 20 krune 1919 Yugoslav banknote reverse.jpg 5 dinara = 20 kruna 110 x 75 Violet 24 December 1921
10 dinara = 40 krune 1919 Yugoslav banknote obverse.jpg 10 dinara = 40 krune 1919 Yugoslav banknote reverse.jpg 10 dinara = 40 kruna 153 x 92 Blue A metalsmith 1 February 1919 10 August 1923
20 dinara = 80 krune 1919 Yugoslav banknote obverse.jpg 20 dinara = 80 krune 1919 Yugoslav banknote reverse.jpg 20 dinara = 80 kruna 150 x 90 Brown A man ploughing Harvest 17 January 1921
100 dinara = 400 kruna 1919 Yugoslav banknote obverse.jpg 100 dinara = 400 kruna 1919 Yugoslav banknote reverse.jpg 100 dinara = 400 kruna 177 x 112 Red Four boys Four female busts 17 January 1929
1000 dinara = 4000 kruna 1919 Yugoslav banknote obverse.jpg 1000 dinara = 4000 kruna 1919 Yugoslav banknote reverse.jpg 1,000 dinara = 4,000 kruna 240 x 132 Blue Two female busts and four figures in a circle Six figures

1920 dinar[]

The first dinar note was the ¼ dinara (25 para) note issued in 1921 by the Ministry of the Finances of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Starting in 1922, the National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes issued notes for 10, 100 and 1,000 dinara. The 10 dinara note was engraved and printed by the American Bank Note Company.[3] In 1926 the design of the 10 dinara bill was changed.[4]

1920–1921 Series
Image Value Image size (mm) Main Colour Obverse Reverse First printed date Issued Withdrawn
25 пара 1921 лице.jpg 25 пара 1921 наличје.jpg ¼ dinara (25 para) 92 x 62 Blue (obverse)

Red (reverse)

Gračanica Monastery Lake Bled with a church;

Ban Jelačić statue in Zagreb

21 March 1921 14 June 1921 30 September 1927
10-Dinara-1920.jpg 10-Dinara-1920-reverse.jpg 10 dinara 142 x 81 Blue male nude with wheel rocky landscape 1 November 1920 5 August 1922 18 July 1935
100-Dinara-1920.jpg 100-Dinara-1920-reverse.jpg 100 dinara 156 x 80 Yellow a woman with sword; Belgrade skyline ships and a peasant boy 30 November 1920 1 January 1925 10 July 1941
1000-Dinara-1920.jpg 1000-Dinara-1920-reverse.jpg 1,000 dinara 182 x 108 Violet Saint George and the Dragon man ploughing,

different cities (Sarajevo, Belgrade, Ljubljana and Zagreb)

11 April 1923 1 March 1936
1926 Issue
10-Dinara-1926.jpg 10-Dinara-1926-reverse.jpg 10 dinara 115 x 68 Red a woman with a laurel wreath coat of arms, silhouette of a church 26 May 1926 25 July 1928 4 May 1936
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Following the change of the country's name to Yugoslavia in 1929, the bank notes changed as well. New 10 dinara notes were printed that were the same as the old ones with a changed name and a new design of 100 dinara note was issued. In the following years each, other denominations were redesigned, including the 1,000 dinara notes in 1931 and 500 dinara notes in 1935.

1929–1935 Series
Image Value Image size (mm) Paper size (mm) Colour Obverse Reverse First printed date Issued Withdrawn
Obverse Reverse
10-Dinara-1929.jpg 10 dinara 115 x 68 Red a woman with a laurel wreath coat of arms, silhouette of a church 1 December 1929 21 January 1931 4 May 1936
YugoslaviaP27b-100Dinara-1929 f.jpg 100din 1929f.jpg 100 dinara 115 x 68 Violet a woman with sword; Belgrade skyline ships and a peasant boy 10 July 1941
1000-dinara-1931.jpg 1000-dinara-1931. druga strana.jpg 1,000 dinara 181 x 112 195 x 121 Yellow Queen Maria of Yugoslavia two women, one with a sickle and wheat, another with sword and coat-of-arms 1 December 1931 1 January 1933 11 June 1941
500-Dinara-1935.jpg 500-Dinara-1935f.jpg 500 dinara 169 x 100 183 x 114 Blue King Peter women harvesting 6 September 1935 1 January 1937 10 July 1941
Reserve banknotes
10-dinara-1939.jpg 10 dinara 115 x 60 Green King Peter
Old Bridge in Mostar
a woman 22 September 1939 early April 1941 21 November 1941
20-Dinara-1936.jpg 20 dinara 125 x 70 Brown King Peter a woman 6 September 1936
50-Dinara-1931.jpg 50-Dinara-1931-back.jpg 50 dinara 134 x 78 Brown King Aleksandar Ivan Meštrović's statue of Prince Marko riding his horse Šarac 1 December 1931 22 October 1941
100-Dinara-1934.jpg 100 dinara 171 x 104 Violet a woman and a soldier two working women, city of Dubrovnik in background 15 July 1934 Never officially issued, but some notes were circulated.
1000-Dinara-1935.jpg 1,000 dinara 190 x 122 three horsemen and a woman
a teacher and a pupil
a fisherman and a blacksmith 6 September 1935
10000-Dinara-1936.jpg 10,000 dinara 230 x 115 Brown King Peter two farm workers 6 September 1936
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. Source: [5]

1944 dinar[]

In 1944, the Democratic Federation of Yugoslavia issued notes for 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 dinara.

1944 Series
Image Value Size (mm)[6] Colour[6] Obverse Reverse First printed date Issued Withdrawn
1-dinar-1944.jpg 1 dinar 90 x 50 grey-brown partisan with a gun coat of arms
indication of value
1944 20 April 1945 1 July 1956
5-Dinara-1944.jpg 5 dinara 97 x 54 blue
10-DINARA-1944.jpg 10 dinara 100 x 55 yellow-brown 1 October 1959
20-dinara-1944.jpg 20 dinara 106 x 58 brown-red
50-dinara-1944.jpg 50 dinara 120 x 65 lilac 1 January 1950
100-dinara-1944.jpg 100 dinara 130 x 70 dark gray-green 1 May 1948
500-dinara-1944.jpg 500 dinara 133 x 74 brown 26 September 1948
1000-dinara-1944.jpg 1,000 dinara 140 x 75 dark green 26 January 1947
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. Source: [5]

1946 dinar[]

These were followed in 1946 by notes of the National Bank of the Federal People's Republic for 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 dinara. New 100 banknote was issued in 1953. The new banknotes were issued in 1955 for 100, 500, 1,000 and 5,000 dinara.

1946 Series
Image Value Image size (mm) Colour Obverse Reverse First printed date Issued Withdrawn
50-Dinara-1946.jpg 50-Dinara-1946-reverse.jpg 50 dinara 112 x 53 Yellow a miner a lumberjack 1 May 1946 1 December 1949 1 October 1960
100-Dinara-1946 Front.jpg 100-Dinara-1946-reverse.jpg 100 dinara 121 x 56 Brown a blacksmith and a harvester a fisherman 10 October 1947 1 September 1962
500-Dinara-1946.jpg 500-Dinara-1946-reverse.jpg 500 dinara 132 x 63 Brown a partisan farmer ploughing 10 September 1948 1 September 1963
1000din-1946.jpg 1000din-1946b.jpg 1,000 dinara 145 x 67 Brown working woman Jajce waterfall and a figure of a woman with a sword 10 January 1947 1 January 1966
1953 Issue
100-Dinara-1946.JPG 100 dinara 140 x 68 Brown a locomotive in production harvest 1 May 1953 26 April 1954 1 February 1957
1955 Series
Jugoslavia-100-dinara-1963.jpg 100din 01.05.1955b.jpg 100 dinara 127 x 60 Red a woman Dubrovnik 1 May 1955 25 April 1957 1 February 1968
Yug074 f.JPG Yug074 b.jpg 500 dinara 135 x 64 Green woman with sickle harvest 1 January 1969
1000din-1963.jpg Naličje novčanice od 1000 dinara iz 1955 godine.jpg 1,000 dinara 143 x 68 Brown Arif Heralić Zenica Steel Mill
5000-Dinara-1955.jpg Naličje novčanice od 5000 dinara iz 1955 godine.jpg 5,000 dinara 151 x 72 Dark blue Relief by Ivan Meštrović at the Federal Parliament building Federal Parliament building
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. Source: [5]

Two series of 1946 dinar banknotes were printed, but never issued. One was the "reserve" series with the printing date of 1950 that was made up of 10 banknotes: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000 and 5000 dinara. It was kept for emergency purposes, but was never issued to circulation. All banknotes were eventually destroyed in the middle 1970s. Another is a series of six banknotes (10, 20, 50, 100, 1000 and 5000 dinara) with the printing dates of 1949, 1950 and 1951. It was probably intended as a replacement for the 1946 series (and 10-20 dinara banknotes from the 1944 series that were still in circulation), but was never issued to circulation. The 100 dinara banknote from this series was slightly altered and issued in 1954 with the printed date of 1 May 1953 (see above).[7]

1949-1951 Unisued series
Image Value Image size (mm) Colour Obverse Reverse First printed date Issued Withdrawn
10 Yugoslav dinar banknote of 1951 - obverse.jpg 10 Yugoslav dinar banknote of 1951 - reverse.jpg 10 dinara 105 × 45 Brown Indication of value 1951 never issued
20 Yugoslav dinar banknote of 1951 - obverse.jpg 20 Yugoslav dinar banknote of 1951 - reverse.jpg 20 dinara 108 × 47 Dark blue
50 Yugoslav dinar banknote of 1950 - obverse.jpg 50 Yugoslav dinar banknote of 1950 - reverse.jpg 50 dinara 165 × 80 Dark green Partisans in fight harvest 1 May 1950
100 Yugoslav dinar banknote of 1949 - obverse.jpg 100 Yugoslav dinar banknote of 1949 - reverse.jpg 100 dinara 140 × 68 Blue and black a locomotive in production 1 May 1949
1000-Dinara-1949f.JPG 1000 Yugoslav dinar banknote of 1949 - reverse.jpg 1,000 dinara 165 × 80 Green tractor drivers and harvesters bricklayers and miners
5000-Dinara-1950.jpg 5000 Yugoslav dinar banknote of 1950 - reverse.jpg 5,000 dinara 166 × 80 Gray-blue a ship in the harbour steel mill workers 1 November 1950
1950 "Reserve" series
1 dinar 1950 Yugoslav banknote obverse.jpg 1 dinar 80 x 34 Blue Indication of value Emblem of Yugoslavia 1950 never issued
2 dinara 1950 Yugoslav banknote obverse.jpg 2 dinara 88 x 37 Red
5 dinara 1950 Yugoslav banknote obverse.jpg 5 dinara 93 x 40 Light violet
10 Yugoslav dinar banknote of 1950 - obverse.jpg 10 Yugoslav dinar banknote of 1950 - reverse.jpg 10 dinara 100 x 43 Green Female partisan
20 dinara 1950 Yugoslav banknote obverse.jpg 20 dinara 105 x 45 Brown
50 dinara 1950 Yugoslav banknote obverse.jpg 50 dinara 113 x 48 Green woman with a sickle
100 dinara 1950 Yugoslav banknote obverse.jpg 100 dinara 122 x 53 Violet and blue
500 Dinara 1950 Yugoslav banknote obverse.jpg 500 dinara 135 x 58 Violet and blue Relief of a partisan
1000 dinara 1950 Yugoslav banknote obverse.jpg 1000 dinara 148 x 64 Brown
5000 dinara 1950 Yugoslav banknote obverse.jpg 5000 dinara 1950 Yugoslav banknote reverse.jpg 5000 dinara 148 x 64 Gray-green
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

1965 dinar[]

1965 saw the first revaluation of the dinar since the World War II.

In 1965, banknotes were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 50 and 100 dinara. They used the same obverse design as the 1955 notes. 500 dinara notes were added in 1970, followed by 20 and 1,000 dinara in 1974. 5,000 dinara notes featuring a portrait of the late President Josip Broz Tito were added in 1985. As inflation worsened into hyperinflation, banknotes for 20,000 dinara were introduced in 1987, followed by 50,000 dinara in 1988 and 100,000, 500,000, 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 dinara in 1989. The 500,000 and 2,000,000 dinara notes were unusual in that they did not feature a portrait but an image of the monument on Kozara.

1965 Series
Image Value Size (mm) Colour Obverse Reverse First printed date Issued Withdrawn
5-Dinara-1965f.jpg 5-Dinara-1965b.jpg 5 dinara 135 x 64 Green Woman with sickle tractors 1 August 1965 31 December 1965 1 January 1980
10-Dinara-1965.jpg -10Dinara-1965-donatedmjd b.jpg 10 dinara 143 x 68 Brown Arif Heralić Zenica Steel Mill
50-Dinara-1965f.jpg 50-Dinara-1965b.jpg 50 dinara 151 x 72 Blue Relief by Ivan Meštrović at the Parliament building in Belgrade Federal Parliament Building
YUD 100 1986 obverse.jpg YUD 100 1986 reverse.jpg 100 dinara 147 x 70 Red The Monument of Peace by Antun Augustinčić in New York in front of the main UN building. Indication of value 1 April 1968 1 January 1990
1968–1989 Series
YUD 5 1968 obverse.jpg YUD 5 1968 reverse.jpg 5 dinara 123 x 58½ Green Woman with sickle Indication of value 1 May 1968 1 October 1968 1 October 1988
YUD 10 1981 obverse.jpg YUD 10 1981 reverse.jpg 10 dinara 131 x 62¼ Brown Arif Heralić 1 November 1968 31 December 1989
YUD 20 1974 obverse.jpg YUD 20 1974 reverse.jpg 20 dinara 139 x 66 Violet Ship dockside 19 December 1974 28 November 1975
YUD 50 1968 obverse.jpg YUD 50 1968 reverse.jpg 50 dinara Blue Relief by Ivan Meštrović at the Parliament building in Belgrade 1 May 1968 1 November 1968
YUD 500 1981 obverse.jpg YUD 500 1981 reverse.jpg 500 dinara 155 x 74 Dark green Statue of Nikola Tesla by Frano Kršinić 1 August 1970 1 August 1971 1 January 1990
YUD 1000 1981 obverse.jpg YUD 1000 1981 reverse.jpg 1,000 dinara 163 x 78 Grey Woman with fruits 19 December 1974 28 November 1975 30 June 1990
СФРЮ 5000.jpg СФРЮ 5000 о.jpg 5,000 dinara 164½ x 75 Blue Josip Broz Tito Jajce 1 May 1985 9 December 1985
СФРЮ 20000.jpg СФРЮ 20000 о.jpg 20,000 dinara 169½ x 77½ Brown Alija Sirotanović mining excavator 1 May 1987 1 September 1987 31 December 1991
СФРЮ 50000.jpg СФРЮ 50000 о.jpg 50,000 dinara 174½ x 80 Green a woman Dubrovnik 1 May 1988 5 September 1988
СФРЮ 100000.jpg СФРЮ 100000 о.jpg 100,000 dinara 179½ x 82½ Red a girl digital art of a human eye 1 May 1989 1 June 1989
СФРЮ 500000.jpg СФРЮ 500000 о.jpg 500,000 dinara 145 × 75 Violet Battle of Kozara Memorial Battle of Sutjeska Memorial August 1989 21 August 1989 31 March 1991
СФРЮ 1000000.jpg СФРЮ 1000000 о.jpg 1,000,000 dinara 151 x 72 Yellow a young woman a spike of wheat 1 November 1989 1 November 1989 15 July 1991
СФРЮ 2000000.JPG СФРЮ 2000000р.JPG 2,000,000 dinara 145 × 75 Dark Green and Brown Battle of Kozara Memorial Šumarice memorial August 1989 11 August 1989 31 March 1991
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. Source: [5]

1990 dinar[]

In 1990, notes were introduced for 10, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1,000 dinara, some of which had designs very similar to those used for the corresponding notes of the previous currency. In 1991, 5,000 dinara notes were added.

1990 Series
Obverse Reverse Value Size (mm) Colour Obverse Reverse First printed date Issued Withdrawn
10-dinara-1990.jpg 10-dinara-1990b.jpg 10 dinara 139 × 66 red a girl digital art of a human eye 1 September 1990 26 November 1990 4 July 1992
50-Dinara-1990.jpg 50-Dinara-1990b.jpg 50 dinara 145 × 75 violet Battle of Kozara Memorial Battle of the Sutjeska Memorial 1 January 1990 3 January 1990 31 March 1991
50dinara 01.06.1990.jpg 50dinara 01.06.1990b.jpg 147 × 70 purple a boy rose flowers 1 June 1990 10 July 1990 4 July 1992
100-dinar-Yugoslav-1990 02.jpg 100-dinar-Yugoslav-1990 01.jpg 100 dinara 151 × 72 yellow young woman spike of wheat 1 March 1990 1 March 1990 31 December 1991
200-dianara-1990.jpg 200-dianara-1990b.jpg 200 dinara 145 × 75 dark green and brown Battle of Kozara Memorial Šumarice memorial 1 January 1990 3 January 1990 31 March 1991
500 dinar 1990 Yugoslav obverse.jpg 500 dinar 1990 Yugoslav reverse.jpg 500 dinara 159 × 76 blue young man mountain 1 March 1990 27 April 1990 31 December 1991
1000-dinara-1990.jpg 1000-dinara-1990b.png 1,000 dinara 163 × 78 brown Nikola Tesla Tesla coil 26 November 1990 30 January 1991
1991 Series (Emergency notes)
HD-Yugoslav-100-dinar-1991-front.jpg HD-Yugoslav-100-dinar-1991-back.jpg 100 dinara 151 × 72 green young woman spike of wheat 1991 25 December 1991 4 July 1992
HD-Yugoslav-500-dinar-1991-front.jpg HD-Yugoslav-500-dinar-1991-back.jpg 500 dinara 159 × 76 brown young man mountain
1000-dinara-1991.jpg 1000-dinara-1991b.jpg 1,000 dinara 163 × 78 blue Nikola Tesla Tesla coil
5000-dinara-1991.jpg 5000-dinara-1991b.jpg 5,000 dinara 167 × 80 dark blue Ivo Andrić Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. Source: [5]

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, owing to hyperinflation, the higher value notes were introduced for 100,000, 500,000, 1,000,000, 5,000,000, 10,000,000, 50,000,000, 100,000,000, 500,000,000, 1,000,000,000 and 10,000,000,000 dinara.

1992–1993 Series
Obverse Reverse Value Size (mm) Colour Obverse Reverse First printed date Issued Withdrawn
100-dinara-1992.jpg 100-dinara-1992b.jpg 100 dinara 151 × 72 Blue a young woman a spike of wheat 1992 1 July 1992 10 September 1993
500-Dinara-1992.jpg 500-Dinara-1992b.jpg 500 dinara 159 × 76 Violet a young man mountain
1000-din-1992.jpg 1000-Yugoslav dinar-1992 08.jpg 1000 dinara 163 × 78 Red Nikola Tesla Tesla coil 1 October 1993
5000-din-1992.jpg YUD 5000 1992 reverse.jpg 5,000 dinara 167 × 80 Dark green Ivo Andrić Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
10-000-dinara-1992.jpg 10000-Yugoslav-dinar-1992 07.jpg 10,000 dinara 139 × 66 Brown and dark red a girl digital art of a human eye 17 December 1992
YugoslaviaP117-50000Dinara-1992 f.JPG YugoslaviaP117-50000Dinara-1992 b.JPG 50,000 dinara 147 × 70 Green and violet a boy rose flowers 20 January 1993
100-000-dinara-1993.jpg 100000-Yugoslav-dinar-1993 06.jpg 100,000 dinara 151 × 72 Yellow and green a young woman sunflowers 1993 7 April 1993
YUD 500000 1993 obverse.jpg YUD 500000 1993 reverse.jpg 500,000 dinara 159 × 76 Blue and orange a young man mountain 26 April 1993
1000000-Dinara-1993.jpg 1000000-Dinara-1993b.jpg 1,000,000 dinara 147 × 70 Blue, pink and yellow a boy Iris flowers 24 June 1993
5000000-Dinara-1993.JPG 5000000-Dinara-1993b.jpg 5,000,000 dinara 163 × 78 Green and dark red Nikola Tesla Tesla coil and Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station 26 May 1993 1 December 1993
10000000-dinara-1993.jpg 10000000-dinara-1993b.jpg 10,000,000 dinara 167 × 80 Grey and light green Ivo Andrić National Library of Serbia 29 July 1993
50000000-Dinara-1993.jpg 50million-Yugoslav dinar-1993 02.jpg 50,000,000 dinara 139 × 66 Pink and grey a girl Captain Miša's Mansion 22 July 1993
100-000-000-dinara-1993.jpg 100000000-dinar-1993-Yugoslav-reverse.jpg 100,000,000 dinara 159 × 76 Light blue and grey a young man Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts 6 August 1993
500million-Dinara-1993.jpg 500million-Dinara-1993b.jpg 500,000,000 dinara 151 × 72 Violet and grey a young woman Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Belgrade 13 August 1993
1billion-dinara-1993.JPG 1billion-dinara-1993b.jpg 1,000,000,000 dinara 179½ × 82½ Pink and light blue a girl Federal Parliament 30 August 1993
10mlrd-dinara-1993.jpg 10mlrd-dinara-1993b.jpg 10,000,000,000 dinara 163 × 78 Pink and dark grey Nikola Tesla Tesla coil 21 September 1993
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. Source: [5]

1993 dinar[]

In 1993, banknotes for this currency were issued in denominations of 5000, 10,000, 50,000, 500,000, 5,000,000, 50,000,000, 500,000,000, 5,000,000,000, 50,000,000,000 and 500,000,000,000 dinara. The unusual sequence of denominations is a result of the hyperinflation that Yugoslavia was suffering from.

1993 Series
Obverse Reverse Value Size (mm) Colour Obverse Reverse First printed date Issued Withdrawn
5000-dinar-Yugoslav-1993 05.jpg 5000-dinar-Yugoslav-1993 06.jpg 5,000 dinara 159 × 76 Brown and orange Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Museum 1993 1 October 1993 1 January 1994
10-000-dinara-1993.jpg 100million-dinar-1993-Yugoslav-reverse.jpg 10,000 dinara 163 × 78 Brown and green Vuk Karadžić Tršić and Tronoša
50-000-dinara-1993.jpg 50000-Yugoslav-dinar-1993 02.jpg 50,000 dinara 139 × 66 Violet and blue Petar II Petrović Njegoš Cetinje monastery 14 October 1993
500000-Dinara-1993.jpg 500000-Dinara-1993b.jpg 500,000 dinara 143 × 68 Green and yellow Dositej Obradović Hopovo monastery 30 October 1993
5million-Yugoslav-dinar-1993 04.jpg 5million-Yugoslav-dinar-1993 03.jpg 5,000,000 dinara 147 × 70 Brown and green Karađorđe Church and mansion of Karađorđe 12 November 1993
HD-1993-Yugoslav-50million-dinar-front.jpg HD-1993-Yugoslav-50million-dinar-back.jpg 50,000,000 dinara 151 × 72 Red and violet Mihajlo Pupin Old Telephone Exchange building 23 November 1993
500million-dinar-1993-Yugoslav-obverse.jpg 500million-dinar-1993-Yugoslav-reverse.jpg 500,000,000 dinara 139 × 66 Violet and blue Jovan Cvijić Captain Miša's Mansion 2 December 1993
5Billion-Dinara-1993.jpg 5 milijardi zadnja.png 5,000,000,000 dinara 143 × 68 Orange and yellow Đura Jakšić Vraćevšnica monastery 11 December 1993 22 July 1994
50-000-000-000-dinara-1993.jpg BanknoteYug.jpg 50,000,000,000 dinara 147 × 70 Pink and light blue Miloš Obrenović Prince Miloš's Residence 15 December 1993
500000000000 dinars.jpg 500 milijardi zadnja.png 500,000,000,000 dinara 151 × 72 Dark red and blue Jovan Jovanović Zmaj National Library of Serbia 23 December 1993
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. Source:[5]

1994 dinar[]

In January 1994, notes were issued for 10, 100, 1,000, 5,000, 50,000, 100,000, 500,000 and 10,000,000 dinara. Owing to hyperinflation, they circulated just for a couple of weeks before the currency was abandoned in favour of the novi dinar, pegged to the Deutsche Mark as it was used parallel with dinar. Novi dinar's peg to DM lasted until 2002 when the National Bank of Yugoslavia moved to floating exchange rate. 10 and 100 dinara notes were characteristic for lack of serial number on them.

1994 Series
Obverse Reverse Value Size (mm) Colour Obverse Reverse First printed date Issued Withdrawn
10-Dinara-1994.jpg 10 динара 1994.jpg 10 dinara 116 × 55 Green and brown Josif Pančić Kopaonik mountain 1994 29 December 1993 22 July 1994
Originalslika-100-dinara-1994-UNC-513112.jpg 100 динара 1994 наличје.jpg 100 dinara 135 × 64 Blue and violet Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Museum 5 January 1994
1000-dinara-1994.jpg 1000 динара 1994 наличје.jpg 1000 dinara 139 × 66 Violet and red Petar II Petrović Njegoš Cetinje monastery 29 December 1993
Yugoslavia 5000 dinars 1994.jpg Back yuguslavia 5000 dinars from 1994.jpg 5,000 dinara 143 × 68 Blue and violet Dositej Obradović Hopovo monastery
50-000-din-1994.jpg 50000 динара 1994 наличје.jpg 50,000 dinara 147 × 70 Red and violet Karađorđe Church and mension of Karađorđe 3 January 1994
500000-Dinara-1994 f.jpg 500000 динара 1994 наличје.jpg 500,000 dinara 139 × 66 Yellow and orange Jovan Cvijić Captain Miša's Mansion 11 January 1994
10000000-Dinara-1994.JPG 10000000 динара 1994.jpg 10,000,000 dinara
(1992 banknote overprinted with "1994")
167 × 80 Grey and light green Ivo Andrić National Library of Serbia 14 January 1994
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. Source: [5]

Novi dinar[]

1994 series[]

On 24 January 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, and 200 novih dinara added in 1999.

1994 "Novi dinar" Series
Image Value Size (mm) Predominant colour Obverse Reverse First printed date Issued Withdrawn
1-novi-dinar-1994.jpg 1 novi dinar 126 × 60 Brown and green Josif Pančić Kopaonik mountain 1 January 1994 24 January 1994 1 January 1995
5NovihDinara-1994.jpg 5 novih dinara 131 × 62 Pink Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Museum
10NovihDinara-1994-1.jpg 10 novih dinara 135 × 64 Violet and blue Petar II Petrović Njegoš Cetinje monastery
1994–1996 Second "Novi dinar" Series
5-novih-dinara-1994.jpg 5 novih dinara 131 × 62 Purple Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Museum 3 March 1994 5 December 1994 1 January 2002
10NewDinars-1994-2.jpg 10 novih dinara 135 × 64 Red and brown Petar II Petrović Njegoš Cetinje monastery
20-novih-dinara-1994.jpg 20 novih dinara 139 × 66 Orange and green Đura Jakšić Vraćevšnica monastery 3 August 1994
50-novih-dinara-1996.jpg 50 novih dinara 143 × 68 Blue Miloš Obrenović Prince Miloš's Residence June 1996 31 July 1996
100-dinara-1996.jpg 100 novih dinara 147 × 70 Yellow Dositej Obradović Hopovo monastery October 1996 9 June 1997
Planned "Novi dinar" banknote
200-Dinara-1999.JPG 200 novih dinara Green Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac A grand piano April 1999 Never issued
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. Source: [5]

2000 series[]

In 2000, new notes without the word "novih" were issued in denominations of 20, 50 and 100 dinara. 10, 200 and 1,000 dinara notes were introduced in 2001, followed by 5,000 dinara in 2002.

Beginning in 2003, banknotes of the (re-established) National Bank of Serbia were introduced. These 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 the Serbian coat of arms. Banknotes released by the national bank of Yugoslavia between 2000 and 2002 were withdrawn from circulation on 1 January 2007.[8]

2000–2002 Series
Image Value Dimensions Colour Obverse Reverse First printed date Issued Withdrawn
10-Dinara-2000.jpg 10 dinara 131 x 62 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 31 May 2001 1 January 2007
20-Dinara-2000.jpg 20 dinara 135 x 64 Green Petar II Petrović Njegoš Statue of Njegoš from the Njegoš's mausoleum
Mount Lovćen
15 December 2000
50-Dinara-2000.jpg 50 dinara 139 x 66 Purple Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
A piano
Figure of Mokranjac
A motif of Miroslav Gospels illumination scores
Notes
100-Dinara-2000.jpg 100 dinara 143 x 68 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-2001.jpg 200 dinara 147 x 70 Brown Nadežda Petrović
Statue of Nadežda Petrović
Silhouette of the Gračanica Monastery
Figure of Nadežda Petrović
Gračanica Monastery
2001 31 May 2001
1000-Dinara-2001.jpg 1,000 dinara 151 x 72 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

20 September 2001
5000-Dinara-2002.jpg 5,000 dinara 159 x 76 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 21 August 2002 1 March 2006
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

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