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500 Dinara
| Issuer | Croatian National Bank |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Engraver(s) | Zlatko Jakuš |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of the polymath Ruđer Bošković (1711–1787) — mathematician, astronomer, and physicist — rendered in intaglio, accompanied by geometric and astronomical calculations. Inscriptions identifying the subject and his birth and death years appear alongside the denomination and the title of the Republic of Croatia. |
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| Reverse lettering | 500 REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA ZAGREB, 8. LISTOPADA 1991. 500 PET STOTINA HRVATSKIH DINARA (Translation: REPUBLIC OF CROATIA ZAGREB, 8. OCTOBER 1991. 500 FIVE HUNDRED CROATIAN DINAR) |
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Croatia's declaration of independence in June 1991 created an immediate practical problem: the new state needed currency before it had a functioning central bank infrastructure. This note was part of the first Croatian issue, printed at Tumba Bruk in Sweden — a logical choice given the facility's long relationship with Nordic and Eastern European monetary authorities and its capacity for rapid, confidential production runs.
Unusually for a first national issue, both design and engraving were handled by a single Croatian artist, Zlatko Jakuš, which gave the series an unusually coherent hand. Security provision is limited to a watermark — thin coverage for a note of this denomination, reflecting the speed at which the series had to be brought to market.