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20 Euro August Šenoa
| Issuer | Croatian National Bank (Hrvatska narodna banka) |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Weight | 3.888 g |
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| Reverse description | A forward-facing bust portrait of the celebrated Croatian author August Šenoa dominates the central field, depicted with a full beard and period attire rendered in high relief. The legend AUGUST ŠENOA arcs along the upper rim in bold Latin capitals. The date 2026. appears at the lower left of the field, while the engraver's monogram MD is incused at the lower right. The composition is the work of designer Duje Matetić. |
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| Reverse lettering | AUGUST ŠENOA 2026. MD |
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August Šenoa dominated Croatian literary life from the 1860s until his death in 1881 so thoroughly that the period is simply called "the Šenoa era" in Croatian literary historiography. He effectively built the modern Croatian reading public almost single-handedly — editing Vijenac, the leading cultural journal, while simultaneously writing the serialized historical novels that gave Croatians a vernacular prose tradition at a moment when the language itself was still being standardized under the Illyrian Movement's long shadow.
The 2026 issue marks the 185th anniversary of his birth.