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20 Kuna pattern
| Issuer | Narodna Banka Hrvatske (National Bank of Croatia) |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Yellow-green note with a deep red-brown intaglio portrait of Ban Josip Jelačić (1801–1859) occupying the right half, rendered with fine engraved linework over a decorative geometric underprint. At upper centre, the Croatian coat of arms appears within a framed vignette alongside a text block reproducing verses of the national anthem, while a stylised guilloche motif in red offset occupies the left field. The bank title 'NARODNA BANKA HRVATSKE' runs vertically along the left margin, with the denomination numeral '20' and legend 'DVADESET KUNA' in large intaglio characters at centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | NARODNA BANKA HRVATSKE DVADESET KUNA 20 20 JOSIP JELAČIĆ 1801 - 1859 |
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Croatia's 1993 issues were the first banknotes for an independent Croatian state since the Ustaše-era kuna of the Second World War — a politically charged revival of the currency name that required careful handling. The pattern notes from this series were produced during the design approval process before the final printing contracts were confirmed, and they differ in minor but identifiable ways from the circulating issue.
Pattern status means this example was never released to the public. Survival depends almost entirely on whether individual specimens escaped institutional destruction.