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 dinar 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".
1919 "Dinar - Kruna" Series Image Value Image size (mm) Main Colour ObverseReverse First printed dateIssuedWithdrawn½ dinara = 2 krune80 х 51redcoat of arms of the KingdomIndication of value (in French)19191 dinar = 4 krune110 x 77yellowMiloš Obilić5 dinara = 20 kruna110 x 75violet10 dinara = 40 kruna153 x 92bluea metalsmith20 dinara = 80 kruna150 x 90browna man ploughingHarvest100 dinara = 400 kruna177 x 112redfour boysFour female busts1,000 dinara = 4,000 kruna240 x 132bluetwo female busts and four figures in a circlesix 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.Cuhaj, 2010, p. 1254. In 1926 the design of the 10 dinara bill was changed.Cuhaj, 2010, p. 1255.
1920–1921 Series Image Value Image size (mm) Main Colour ObverseReverse First printed dateIssuedWithdrawn¼ dinara (25 para)92 x 62blue (obverse) Red (reverse)Gračanica MonasteryLake Bled with a church; Ban Jelačić statue in Zagreb10 dinara142 x 81bluemale nude with wheelrocky landscape100 dinara156 x 80yellowa woman with sword; Belgrade skylineships and a peasant boy1,000 dinara182 x 108violetSaint George and the Dragonman ploughing, different cities (Sarajevo, Belgrade, Ljubljana, and Zagreb)1926 Issue10 dinara115 x 68reda woman with a laurel wreathcoat of arms, silhouette of a church
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 dateIssuedWithdrawn Obverse Reverse10 dinara115 x 68reda woman with a laurel wreathcoat of arms, silhouette of a church100 dinaravioleta woman with sword; Belgrade skylineships and a peasant boy500 dinara169 x 100183 x 114blueKing Peterwomen harvesting1,000 dinara181 x 112195 x 121yellowQueen Maria of Yugoslaviatwo women: one with a sickle and wheat; another with sword and coat-of-armsReserve banknotes10 dinara115 x 60greenKing PeterOld Bridge in Mostar a womanearly April 194120 dinara125 x 70brownKing Peter50 dinara134 x 78brownKing AleksandarIvan Meštrović's statue of Prince Marko riding his horse Šarac100 dinara171 x 104violeta woman and a soldiertwo working women, city of Dubrovnik in backgroundNever officially issued, but some notes were circulated.1,000 dinara190 x 122three horsemen and a woman;a teacher and a pupila fisherman and a blacksmith10,000 dinara230 x 115brownKing Petertwo farm workersThese images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. Source:
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) Colour Obverse Reverse First printed dateIssuedWithdrawn1 dinar95 x 50grey-brown partisan with a gun coat of armsindication of value 19445 dinara99 x 55blue10 dinara100 x 55yellow-brown20 dinara106 x 58brown-red50 dinara120 x 65lilac100 dinara130 x 70dark gray-green500 dinara133 x 74brown1,000 dinara140 x 75dark greenThese images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. Source:
1946 dinar
These were followed in 1946 by notes of the National Bank of Yugoslavia 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 dateIssuedWithdrawn50 dinara112 x 53yellowa minera lumberjack100 dinara121 x 56browna blacksmith and a harvestera fisherman500 dinara132 x 63a partisanfarmer ploughing1,000 dinara145 x 67working womanJajce waterfall and a figure of a woman with a sword1953 Issue100 dinara140 x 68browna locomotive in productionharvest1955 Series100 dinara127 x 60reda womanDubrovnik500 dinara135 x 64greenwoman with sickleharvest1,000 dinara143 x 68brownArif HeralićZenica Steel Mill5,000 dinara151 x 72dark bluerelief by Ivan Meštrović at the Federal Parliament buildingFederal Parliament buildingThese images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. Source: 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). 1949-1951 Unisued seriesImageValueImage size (mm)ColourObverseReverseFirst printed dateIssuedWithdrawn10 dinara105 × 45brownindication of value1951never issued20 dinara108 × 47dark blue50 dinara165 × 80dark greenPartisans in fightharvest100 dinara140 × 68blue and blacka locomotive in production1,000 dinara165 × 80greentractor drivers and harvestersbricklayers and miners5,000 dinara166 × 80gray-bluea ship in the harboursteel mill workers1950 "Reserve" series1 dinar80 x 34blueindication of valueEmblem of Yugoslavia1950never issued2 dinara88 x 37red5 dinara93 x 40light violet10 dinara100 x 43greenfemale partisan20 dinara105 x 45brown50 dinara113 x 48greenwoman with a sickle100 dinara122 x 53violet and blue500 dinara135 x 58relief of a partisan1000 dinara148 x 64brown5000 dinaragray-greenThese 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 dateIssuedWithdrawn5 dinara135 x 64greenwoman with sickletractors 10 dinara143 x 68brownArif HeralićZenica Steel Mill50 dinara151 x 72bluerelief by Ivan Meštrović at the Parliament building in BelgradeFederal Parliament Building100 dinara147 x 70redThe Monument of Peace by Antun Augustinčić in New York in front of the main UN building.Indication of value1968–1989 Series5 dinara123 x 58½greenwoman with sickleIndication of value10 dinara131 x 62¼brownArif Heralić20 dinara139 x 66violetship dockside50 dinarabluerelief by Ivan Meštrović at the Parliament building in Belgrade500 dinara155 x 74dark greenstatue of Nikola Tesla by Frano Kršinić1,000 dinara163 x 78greywoman with fruits5,000 dinara164½ x 75blueJosip Broz TitoJajce20,000 dinara169½ x 77½brownAlija Sirotanovićmining excavator50,000 dinara174½ x 80greena womanDubrovnik100,000 dinara179½ x 82½reda girldigital art of a human eye500,000 dinara145 × 75violetBattle of Kozara MemorialBattle of Sutjeska MemorialAugust 19891,000,000 dinara151 x 72yellowa young womana spike of wheat2,000,000 dinara145 × 75dark green and brownBattle of Kozara MemorialŠumarice memorialAugust 1989These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. Source:
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. The 1991 emergency issue retains all previous characteristics save for the designation SFR, a detail representative of the changes within the country.
1990 Series Obverse Reverse Value Size (mm) Colour Obverse Reverse First printed dateIssuedWithdrawn10 dinara139 × 66reda girldigital art of a human eye50 dinara145 × 75violetBattle of Kozara MemorialBattle of the Sutjeska Memorial147 × 70purplea boyrose flowers100 dinara151 × 72yellowyoung womanspike of wheat200 dinara145 × 75dark green and brownBattle of Kozara MemorialŠumarice memorial500 dinara159 × 76blueyoung manmountain1,000 dinara163 × 78brownNikola TeslaTesla coil1991 Series (Emergency notes)10 dinara139 x 66purplea girldigital art of a human eye1991Never Issued50 dinara147 x 70reda boyrose flowers100 dinara151 × 72greenyoung womanspike of wheat500 dinara159 × 76brownyoung manmountain1,000 dinara163 × 78blueNikola TeslaTesla coil5,000 dinara167 × 80dark blueIvo AndrićMehmed Paša Sokolović BridgeThese images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. Source:
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.
Issues no longer bore the socialist (or any, for that matter) emblem of Yugoslavia, but rather the emblem of the National Bank of Yugoslavia. From the three languages previously displayed (Serbo-Croatian in Cyrillic and Latin, Slovene, and Macedonian), only the dual display of Serbo-Croatian was retained, due to the independence of SR Slovenia and SR Macedonia.