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500 Kuna pattern
| Issuer | Narodna Banka Hrvatske |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 500 Kuna |
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| Obverse lettering | NARODNA BANKA HRVATSKE PET STOTINA KUNA 500 MARKO MARULIĆ 1450 - 1524. 500 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is an unfinished trial impression on plain cream paper, showing only the blind intaglio relief of the obverse design bleeding through; faint mirror-image impressions of the denomination numeral 500, the bank title, and the denomination inscription PET STOTINA KUNA are discernible as embossed traces, with no printed colour or design applied to this side. |
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The 500 Kuna was part of the first complete kuna series introduced in May 1994, when Croatia replaced the Croatian dinar following its brief post-independence transitional use. This pattern predates the issued series by roughly a year, placing its production in the middle of an active war — the Homeland War was ongoing, and the Croatian National Bank was simultaneously managing currency design, security printing procurement, and wartime monetary policy.
Pattern notes from this series are rare in the market. The issued 500 Kuna denomination itself saw limited everyday use given its relatively high face value during a period of economic instability.