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5 Dinara
| Issuer | Narodna Banka Kraljevine Jugoslavije |
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| Year | 1929 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 5 НАРОДНА БАНКА КРАЉЕВИНЕ ЈУГОСЛАВИЈЕ 5 5 5 ПЕТ ДИНАРА Београд 1 новембра 1929 5 5 |
| Reverse description | Blue-violet intaglio print with a central oval vignette of a classically draped female figure in profile, set within an elaborate guilloche border. Numerals 5 appear in ornate cartouches at left and right within a dense geometric underprint. Bank title in Latin script arches across the top panel; denomination in Latin lettering below the central vignette. |
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The Narodna Banka Kraljevine Jugoslavije — the National Bank of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia — came into being following Alexander I's January 1929 royal dictatorship, which dissolved parliament and renamed the country from the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. This note is a direct product of that political reset: the new name required new paper.
At 5 Dinara, this was the lowest denomination in the 1929 series, intended for everyday small transactions in a country whose rural population remained deeply attached to coin. Paper of this face value circulated hard and wore quickly.