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Signature Set Detail: Balkan 1993 – 10 Billion Dinara Master Matrix



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This set brings together the different 10 billion dinar issues from 1993 of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Republika Srpska, and the Republika Srpska Krajina.
Despite having the same 10 billion denomination, several variants emerged during the same hyperinflation period in 1993. Republika Srpska and Republika Srpska Krajina already had earlier 10 billion issues, but shortly after the Yugoslav Nikola Tesla banknote was released, new variants appeared in a clearly similar style. Republika Srpska chose writer Petar Kočić, while Republika Srpska Krajina depicted the fortress of Knin.
The banknotes show how closely the monetary developments of these regions were interconnected during the hyperinflation of 1993.
These notes represent all known 10 billion dinar Specimens and Remainders

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The origin of this set lies with the purchase of the 10 billion dinar Specimen banknote from 1993, featuring the portrait of Nikola Tesla. The extreme denomination – combined with the presence of Tesla – gave this banknote an almost symbolic attraction. The combination of the astronomical value and the image of the man who mastered magnetism attracted me like a magnet and determined the course of this set.
While searching, I discovered that no less than five different banknotes from this short period were issued in 1993. Republika Srpska and Republika Srpska Krajina already had an earlier issue, but after Yugoslavia released the banknote featuring Nikola Tesla, new variants again appeared from both republics, together forming a kind of arc, with Tesla exactly in the middle. And it was precisely that middle point that showed how absurd the era was: a banknote with an astronomical value that in reality barely represented the price of a loaf of bread. The banknotes increasingly started to behave like puzzle pieces: fragments that only form a story when you place them in the correct order.



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Slot NameSlot CommentCertification #Note InfoCountryGradePhoto
Specimen 1919459-001 Yugoslavia, National Bank "SPECIMEN"
10,000,000,000 Dinara 		Yugoslavia67 EPQ
Remainder 1907834-009 Yugoslavia, National Bank
10,000,000,000 Dinara 		Yugoslavia67 EPQ
Specimen Republika Srpska Krajina - First 1993 Issue 2464216-001 Croatia, National Bank "SPECIMEN"
10 Milliard Dinara - Krajina		Croatia67 EPQ
Specimen Republika Srpska Krajina - Second 1993 Issue 2464216-002 Croatia, National Bank "SPECIMEN"
10 Milliard Dinara - Krajina		Croatia67 EPQ
Remainder Republika Srpska Krajina - Second 1993 Issue 2464324-004 Croatia, National Bank
10 Milliard Dinara 		Croatia66 EPQ
Specimen Republika Srpska - First 1993 Issue 2464324-001 Bosnia - Herzegovina "SPECIMEN"
10 Milliard Dinara 		Bosnia - Herzegovina67 EPQ
Remainder Republika Srpska - Second 1993 Issue 2463077-067 Bosnia - Herzegovina, National Bank
10 Milliard Dinara - Wmk: Greek Design		Bosnia - Herzegovina67 EPQ
Specimen Republika Srpska - First 1993 Issue 1923249-073 Bosnia - Herzegovina "SPECIMEN"
10,000,000,000 Dinara 		Bosnia - Herzegovina67 EPQ
Remainder Republika Srpska - Second 1993 Issue 2464324-003 Bosnia - Herzegovina, National Bank
10,000,000,000 Dinara 		Bosnia - Herzegovina67 EPQ
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