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1000 Kuna
| Issuer | Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatska |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| In circulation to | 9 July 1945 |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a panoramic mountain landscape, identifiable as the Velebit range, set against a radiating sunburst underprint in olive-green. The denomination 1000 appears in large numerals at both left and right, flanking the central scene, while the state title on a ribbon cartouche occupies the upper portion. The entire composition is enclosed within an elaborate geometric guilloche border in brown. |
| Reverse lettering | NEZAVISNA DRŽAVA HRVATSKA 1000 KUNA (Translation: INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA 1000 KUNAS) |
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The Nezavisna Država Hrvatska — the Ustasha puppet state established under German and Italian occupation in April 1941 — required a functional currency almost immediately upon proclamation. Giesecke & Devrient in Leipzig supplied the printing capacity the new regime lacked domestically. Ljubo Babić, a respected Croatian painter and stage designer, designed and engraved the note — an unusual pairing of fine-arts credentials with banknote work, though the collaboration was politically fraught given the circumstances of the commission.
The kuna denomination itself was a deliberate historical reference, reviving a medieval Croatian monetary term that had been dormant for centuries.