The banknotes of the Yugoslav dinar

Yugoslav dinar

The dinar was the currency of the three Yugoslav states: the Kingdom of Yugoslavia , the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 1918 and 2003. The dinar was subdivided into 100 para...

are the several series of paper money emitted by the central bank of the different consecutive states named Yugoslavia (Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918–1941...

, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

 and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).

1920 dinar

In 1920, the National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes issued notes for 10, 100 and 1000 dinara. Banknotes were printed by the American Bank Note Company

American Bank Note Company

The American Bank Note Company was a major worldwide engraver of national currency and postage stamps. Currently it engraves and prints stock and bond certificates.-History:Robert Scot, the first official engraver of the young U.S...

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1920–1926 Series
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse				Obverse	Reverse	printing	issue	withdrawal	lapse
		10 din.		Blue	male nude with wheel	rocky landscape	1 November 1920
		10 din.		Red	a woman	coat of arms Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was an evolution of the Coat of arms of Serbia. Graphically the coat of arms were similar, featuring only two major differences.... , silhouette of a church	26 May 1926
		100 din.		Yellow	a woman	ships and a peasant	30 November 1920
		1000 din.		Violet	Saint George and the Dragon Saint George and the Dragon The episode of Saint George and the Dragon appended to the hagiography of Saint George was Eastern in origin, brought back with the Crusaders and retold with the courtly appurtenances belonging to the genre of Romance...	man ploughing, different cities

Following the change of the country's name to Yugoslavia in 1929, modified 10 and 100 dinara notes were issued, followed by new 1000 dinara notes in 1931 and 500 dinara notes in 1935.

1929–1939 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	10 dinara		Green	King Peter Old Bridge Stari most Stari Most is a 16th century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina that crosses the river Neretva and connects two parts of the city. The Old Bridge stood for 427 years, until it was destroyed on November 9, 1993 during the Croat-Bosniak War...  in Mostar Mostar Mostar is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the largest and one of the most important cities in the Herzegovina region and the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation. Mostar is situated on the Neretva river and is the fifth-largest city in the country...	a woman	1939
	20 dinara		Brown	King Peter	a womam	1936
	50 dinara		Brown	King Aleksandar Alexander I of Yugoslavia Alexander I , also known as Alexander the Unifier was the first king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as well as the last king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes .-Childhood:...	a horsman statue	1931
	100 dinara		Violet	a woman with sword	ships and a peasant	1929
				a woman and a soldier	two working women	1934
	500 dinara		Blue	King Peter	women working	1935
	1000 dinara		Yellow	Queen Maria of Yugoslavia	two women, one with a sickle and wheat, another with sword and shield	1931
				three horsemen and a woman a teacher and a pupil	a fisherman Fisherman A fisherman or fisher is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishermen and fish farmers. The term can also be applied to recreational fishermen and may be used to describe both men...  and a blacksmith Blacksmith A blacksmith is a person who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal; that is, by using tools to hammer, bend, and cut...	1935
	10,000 dinara		Brown	King Peter	two farm workers	1936
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

1944 dinar

In 1944, the Democratic Federation of Yugoslavia issued notes for 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 dinara.

1944 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	1 dinar			partisan Partisans (Yugoslavia) The Yugoslav Partisans, or simply the Partisans were a Communist-led World War II anti-fascist resistance movement in Yugoslavia...	coat of arms Coat of arms of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The emblem of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia featured six torches, surrounded by wheat with a red star at its top, and burning together in one flame; this represented the brotherhood and unity of the six federal republics forming Yugoslavia: SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Croatia, SR... indication of value	1944
	5 dinara		blue
	10 dinara		pink
	20 dinara		red
	50 dinara		dark blue
	100 dinara		dark green
	500 dinara		brown
	1000 dinara		green
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

These were followed in 1946 by notes of the National Bank of the Federal People's Republic for 50, 100, 500 and 1000 dinara. 5000 dinara notes were introduced in 1950.

1946–1950 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	50 dinara		Yellow	a miner Miner A miner is a person whose work or business is to extract ore or minerals from the earth. Mining is one of the most dangerous trades in the world. In some countries miners lack social guarantees and in case of injury may be left to cope without assistance....	a lumberjack Lumberjack A lumberjack is a worker in the logging industry who performs the initial harvesting and transport of trees for ultimate processing into forest products. The term usually refers to a bygone era when hand tools were used in harvesting trees principally from virgin forest...	1946
	100 dinara		Brown	a blacksmith Blacksmith A blacksmith is a person who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal; that is, by using tools to hammer, bend, and cut...  and a harvest Harvest Harvest is the process of gathering mature crops from the fields. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulse for harvest, typically using a scythe, sickle, or reaper... er	a fisherman Fisherman A fisherman or fisher is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishermen and fish farmers. The term can also be applied to recreational fishermen and may be used to describe both men...
	500 dinara		Brown	a partisan Partisans (Yugoslavia) The Yugoslav Partisans, or simply the Partisans were a Communist-led World War II anti-fascist resistance movement in Yugoslavia...	farmer ploughing
	1000 dinara		Brown	working woman	waterfall and a figure of a woman with a sword
	5000 dinara		Dark blue	a ship in the harbour	steel mill Steel mill A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel.Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. It is produced in a two-stage process. First, iron ore is reduced or smelted with coke and limestone in a blast furnace, producing molten iron which is either cast into pig iron or...  workers	1950
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The new banknotes were issued in 1955.

1955–1963 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	100 dinara		Red	a woman	Dubrovnik Dubrovnik Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...	1955
	500 dinara		Green	woman with sickle	harvest
	1000 dinara		Brown	Arif Heralić Arif Heralic Arif Heralić was a metal worker on a blast furnace in Zenica. His picture was taken by N. Bibić, a Borba news photographer, in 1954 and from the papers he came to feature on a 1000 Yugoslav "1945 dinar" and a 10 Yugoslav "1965 dinar" banknote. As a disabled worker, Heralić died in extreme poverty...	a factory
	5000 dinara		Dark blue	Relief by Ivan Meštrović Ivan Meštrovic Ivan Meštrović was a Croatian and Yugoslav sculptor and architect born in Vrpolje, Croatia...  at the Federal Parliament building	Federal Parliament building
	10 000 dinara		Red	The Monument of Peace by Antun Augustinčić Antun Augustincic Antun Augustinčić was a prominent Croatian sculptor. Along with Ivan Meštrović and Frano Kršinić he is considered one of the three most important Croatian sculptors of the 20th century...  in New York City in front of the UN Building	peace dove	1963
	50 000 dinara		Green	Statue of Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...  (in the Niagara Falls State Park Niagara Falls State Park Niagara Falls State Park is located in the City of Niagara Falls, New York in Niagara County. The park has the American Falls, the Bridal Veil Falls, and part of the Canadian Falls.... ) by Frano Kršinić Frano Kršinić Frano Kršinić was a renowned Croatian sculptor. Along with Ivan Meštrović and Antun Augustinčić he is considered one of the three most important Croatian sculptors of the 20th century... background: the spiral coil of his high-frequency transformer at East Houston Street, New York New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...	hydro plant
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

1966 dinar

In 1966, banknotes (dated 1965) were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 50 and 100 dinara. They used the same obverse design as the 1955–1963 notes. 500 dinara notes were added in 1970, followed by 20 and 1000 dinara in 1974.

1965–1981 Series
Image		Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
		5 dinara	123 x 59 mm	Green	Woman with sickle	tractor Tractor A tractor is a vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction... s	1965
						Indication of value	1968
		10 dinara	131 x 62 mm	Brown	Arif Heralić Arif Heralic Arif Heralić was a metal worker on a blast furnace in Zenica. His picture was taken by N. Bibić, a Borba news photographer, in 1954 and from the papers he came to feature on a 1000 Yugoslav "1945 dinar" and a 10 Yugoslav "1965 dinar" banknote. As a disabled worker, Heralić died in extreme poverty...	a factory	1965
						Indication of value	1968
		20 dinara	139 x 65 mm	Violet	Ship dockside	Indication of value	1974
		50 dinara	140 x 66 mm	Blue	Relief Relief Relief is a sculptural technique. The term relief is from the Latin verb levo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is thus to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane...  by Ivan Meštrović Ivan Meštrovic Ivan Meštrović was a Croatian and Yugoslav sculptor and architect born in Vrpolje, Croatia...  at the Parliament building in Belgrade Belgrade Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...	Federal Parliament Building	1965
						Indication of value	1968
		100 dinara	148 x 70 mm	Red	The Monument of Peace by Antun Augustinčić Antun Augustincic Antun Augustinčić was a prominent Croatian sculptor. Along with Ivan Meštrović and Frano Kršinić he is considered one of the three most important Croatian sculptors of the 20th century...  (1900–1979) in New York New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...  in front of the main UN building United Nations headquarters The headquarters of the United Nations is a complex in New York City. The complex has served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1952. It is located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, on spacious grounds overlooking the East River... .		1965
		500 dinara	156 x 74 mm	Dark green	Statue of Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...  (in the Niagara Falls State Park Niagara Falls State Park Niagara Falls State Park is located in the City of Niagara Falls, New York in Niagara County. The park has the American Falls, the Bridal Veil Falls, and part of the Canadian Falls.... ) by Frano Kršinić Frano Kršinić Frano Kršinić was a renowned Croatian sculptor. Along with Ivan Meštrović and Antun Augustinčić he is considered one of the three most important Croatian sculptors of the 20th century... background: the spiral coil of his high-frequency transformer at East Houston Street, New York New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...		1970
		1000 dinara	164 x 78 mm	Dark blue	Woman with fruits		1974
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

In 1985, a new series of notes began with the introduction of 5000 dinara notes featuring a portrait of the late President Josip Broz Tito

Josip Broz Tito

Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...

. As the inflation worsened, banknotes for 20,000 dinara were introduced in 1987, followed by 50,000 dinara in 1988 and 100,000, 500,000, 1 million and 2 million dinara in 1989. The 500,000 and 2 million dinara notes were unusual in that they did not feature a portrait but an image of the monument on Kozara

Kozara

Kozara is a mountain in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Bosanska Krajina region. It is bounded by the rivers Sava - north, Vrbas - east, Sana - south and Una - west...

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1985–1989 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	5,000 dinara		Violet	Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz Tito Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...	Jajce Jajce Jajce is a city and municipality located in the central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity...	1985
	20,000 dinara		Brown	Alija Sirotanović Alija Sirotanovic Alija Sirotanović was a Yugoslav miner, Hero of Socialist Labour and perhaps the most famous of all Yugoslav udarniks...	Mining equipment	1987
	50,000 dinara		Green	a woman	Dubrovnik Dubrovnik Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...	1988
	100,000 dinara		Red	a girl	various letters and numerals	1989
	500,000 dinara		Violet	Battle of Kozara Battle of Kozara The Battle of Kozara, also known as Operation West-Bosnien by the Axis, was fought in 1942 on and around the mountain of Kozara in northwestern Bosnia. It was an important battle of the Yugoslav Partisan resistance movement in World War II...  Memorial	Battle of Sutjeska Memorial
	1,000,000 dinara		Brown	a young woman	a spike of wheat Wheat Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
	2,000,000 dinara		Purple	Battle of Kozara Battle of Kozara The Battle of Kozara, also known as Operation West-Bosnien by the Axis, was fought in 1942 on and around the mountain of Kozara in northwestern Bosnia. It was an important battle of the Yugoslav Partisan resistance movement in World War II...  Memorial	"Broken wings" monument in Šumarice Šumarice Memorial Park Šumarice Memorial Park is the site near Kragujevac, Serbia of the execution of an estimated 2,300 men and boys of the town by the German occupation forces on October 21, 1941, during World War II...
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

1990 dinar

In 1990, notes were introduced for 10, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 dinara, some of which had designs very similar to those used for the corresponding notes of the previous currency. In 1991, 5000 dinara notes were added.

1990–1991 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	10 dinara		red	a girl	various letters and numerals	1990
	50 dinara		violet	Battle of Kozara Battle of Kozara The Battle of Kozara, also known as Operation West-Bosnien by the Axis, was fought in 1942 on and around the mountain of Kozara in northwestern Bosnia. It was an important battle of the Yugoslav Partisan resistance movement in World War II...  memorial	Battle of the Sutjeska Memorial	1990
			purple	a boy	flowers
	100 dinara		brown	young woman	spike of wheat Wheat Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...	1990
			dark green			1991
	200 dinara		dark green and red	Battle of Kozara Battle of Kozara The Battle of Kozara, also known as Operation West-Bosnien by the Axis, was fought in 1942 on and around the mountain of Kozara in northwestern Bosnia. It was an important battle of the Yugoslav Partisan resistance movement in World War II...  memorial	"Broken wings" monument in Šumarice Šumarice Memorial Park Šumarice Memorial Park is the site near Kragujevac, Serbia of the execution of an estimated 2,300 men and boys of the town by the German occupation forces on October 21, 1941, during World War II...	1990
	500 dinara		blue	young man	mountain
			brown			1991
	1000 dinara		orange	Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...	Tesla coil Tesla coil A Tesla coil is a type of resonant transformer circuit invented by Nikola Tesla around 1891. It is used to produce high voltage, low current, high frequency alternating current electricity. Tesla coils produce higher current than the other source of high voltage discharges, electrostatic machines...	1990
			blue			1991
	5000 dinara		violet	Ivo Andrić Ivo Andric Ivan "Ivo" Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under the Ottoman Empire...	Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge Mehmed Paša Sokolovic Bridge The Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge is a historic bridge in Višegrad, over the Drina River in eastern Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was completed in 1577 AD by the Ottoman court architect Mimar Sinan on the order of the Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović...
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

1992 dinar

In 1992, notes for 100, 500, 1000, 5000, 10,000 and 50,000 dinara were introduced in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Again, designs modified from the previous series of notes were used but this time not in order that notes of equal value had similar designs. In 1993, higher value notes were introduced for 100,000, 500,000, 1 million, 5 million, 10 million, 50 million, 100 million, 500 million, 1 milliard (billion

1000000000 (number)

1,000,000,000 is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001.In scientific notation, it is written as 109....

) and 10 milliard dinara.

1992–1993 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	100 dinara		Blue	a young woman	a spike of wheat Wheat Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...	1992
	500 dinara		Pink	a young man	mountain
	1000 dinara		Red	Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...	Tesla coil Tesla coil A Tesla coil is a type of resonant transformer circuit invented by Nikola Tesla around 1891. It is used to produce high voltage, low current, high frequency alternating current electricity. Tesla coils produce higher current than the other source of high voltage discharges, electrostatic machines...
	5,000 dinara		Dark green	Ivo Andrić Ivo Andric Ivan "Ivo" Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under the Ottoman Empire...	Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge Mehmed Paša Sokolovic Bridge The Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge is a historic bridge in Višegrad, over the Drina River in eastern Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was completed in 1577 AD by the Ottoman court architect Mimar Sinan on the order of the Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović...
	10,000 dinara		Brown	a girl	various letters and numerals
	50,000 dinara		Green	a boy	flowers
	100,000 dinara		Yellow	a young woman	a spike of wheat Wheat Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...	1993
	500,000 dinara		Violet	a young man	mountain
	1 Million dinara		Violet	a boy	flowers
	5 Million dinara		Blue and dark red	Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...	Tesla coil Tesla coil A Tesla coil is a type of resonant transformer circuit invented by Nikola Tesla around 1891. It is used to produce high voltage, low current, high frequency alternating current electricity. Tesla coils produce higher current than the other source of high voltage discharges, electrostatic machines...  and a hydro power plant
	10 Million dinara		Dark green	Ivo Andrić Ivo Andric Ivan "Ivo" Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under the Ottoman Empire...	National Library of Serbia National Library of Serbia The National Library of Serbia is the national library of Serbia, located in the city of Belgrade, .-History:...
	50 Million dinara		Red	a girl	Captain Miša's Mansion Captain Miša's Mansion The Mansion of Miša Anastasijević is one of the most notable buildings in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the University of Belgrade's administration and governance building....
	100 Million dinara		Light blue	a young man	Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts is the most prominent academic institution in Serbia today...
	500 Million dinara		Violet	a young woman	Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Belgrade University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...
	1 Billion dinara		Pink	a girl	Federal Parliament National Assembly of Serbia The National Assembly of Serbia is the unicameral parliament of Serbia. It is composed of 250 proportionally elected deputies elected in general elections by secret ballot, on 4 years term. The National Assembly elects the President of the National Assembly who presides over the sessions...
	10 Billion dinara		Pink	Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...	Tesla coil Tesla coil A Tesla coil is a type of resonant transformer circuit invented by Nikola Tesla around 1891. It is used to produce high voltage, low current, high frequency alternating current electricity. Tesla coils produce higher current than the other source of high voltage discharges, electrostatic machines...
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes.

1993 dinar

Banknotes for this currency were issued in denominations of 5000, 10,000, 50,000, 500,000, 1 million, 5 million, 50 million, 500 million, 5 billion, 50 billion and 500 billion. The unusual sequence of denominations was caused by the hyperinflation Yugoslavia was suffering from.

1993 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	5,000 dinara		Brown	Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...	Nikola Tesla Museum Nikola Tesla Museum The Nikola Tesla Museum is located in the central area of Belgrade. It holds more than 160,000 original documents, over 2,000 books and journals, over 1,200 historical technical exhibits, over 1,500 photographs and photo plates of original, technical objects, instruments and apparatus, and over...	1993
	10,000 dinara		Red and green	Vuk Karadžić	Tršić and Tronoša
	50,000 dinara		Violet	Petar Petrović Njegoš	Cetinje monastery Cetinje Monastery The Cetinje Monastery is the most famous Serb Orthodox monastery in Montenegro. It is located in Cetinje and is the seat of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral and its name derives from Saint Peter of Cetinje...
	500,000 dinara		Green	Dositej Obradović Dositej Obradovic Dositej Dimitrije Obradović was a Serbian author, philosopher, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia...	Hopovo monastery Novo Hopovo monastery The Novo Hopovo Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. According to tradition, the monastery was built by the Despots of the House of Branković...
	5,000,000 dinara		Brown and blue	Karađorđe	Church and mansion of Karađorđe
	50,000,000 dinara		Red	Mihajlo Pupin Mihajlo Pupin Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, Ph.D, LL.D. , also known as Michael I. Pupin, was a Serbian physicist and physical chemist...	Telephone Exchange building
	500,000,000 dinara		Blue	Jovan Cvijić Jovan Cvijic Jovan Cvijić was a Serbian geographer, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, and rector of the University of Belgrade. A world-renowned scientist, Cvijić is considered the founder of geography in Serbia.-Early life and family:Jovan Cvijić was born on October 11 Jovan Cvijić...	Captain Miša's Mansion Captain Miša's Mansion The Mansion of Miša Anastasijević is one of the most notable buildings in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the University of Belgrade's administration and governance building....
	5,000,000,000 dinara		Brown	Đura Jakšić	Vraćevšnica monastery Vraćevšnica monastery Vraćevšnica monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Vraćevšnica, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, built in 1428-1429 on the orders of Radič Postupović, a captain under Đurađ Branković and Stefan Lazarević. It is built with the Resava school and is dedicated to Saint George....
	50,000,000,000 dinara		Red and blue	Miloš Obrenović	Prince Miloš's Residence Prince Miloš's Residence The Residence of Prince Miloš is a royal residence in Topčider municipality, Belgrade, Serbia. It was the palace of Miloš Obrenović, built in 1831, after Serbia was given autonomous status in the Ottoman Empire....
	500,000,000,000 dinara		Dark red	Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj Jovan Jovanović Zmaj was one of the best-known Serbian poets. He was a physician by profession, like his literary predecessor writer Jovan Stejić ....	National Library of Serbia National Library of Serbia The National Library of Serbia is the national library of Serbia, located in the city of Belgrade, .-History:...
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1994 dinar

In January, 1994, notes were issued for 10, 100, 1000, 5000, 50,000, 500,000 and 10 million dinara. They circulated for just a few weeks before the currency was abandoned in favour of the novi dinar. 10 and 100 dinar notes were characteristic for lack of serial number on them.

1994 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	10 dinara		Green	Josif Pancic Josif Pancic Josif Pančić OSS was a Serbian botanist. He was a famous lecturer at the Great School in Belgrade and the first president of the Serbian Royal Academy. Pančić is credited for discovering the new species of coniferthe Serbian Spruce.-Biography:...	mountain	1994
	100 dinara		Blue and red	Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...	Nikola Tesla Museum Nikola Tesla Museum The Nikola Tesla Museum is located in the central area of Belgrade. It holds more than 160,000 original documents, over 2,000 books and journals, over 1,200 historical technical exhibits, over 1,500 photographs and photo plates of original, technical objects, instruments and apparatus, and over...
	1000 dinara		Violet and red	Petar Petrović Njegoš	Cetinje monastery Cetinje Monastery The Cetinje Monastery is the most famous Serb Orthodox monastery in Montenegro. It is located in Cetinje and is the seat of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral and its name derives from Saint Peter of Cetinje...
	5000 dinara		Blue and violet	Dositej Obradović Dositej Obradovic Dositej Dimitrije Obradović was a Serbian author, philosopher, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia...	Hopovo monastery Novo Hopovo monastery The Novo Hopovo Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. According to tradition, the monastery was built by the Despots of the House of Branković...
	50,000 dinara		Red	Karađorđe	Church and mension of Karađorđe
	500,000 dinara		Yellow	Jovan Cvijić Jovan Cvijic Jovan Cvijić was a Serbian geographer, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, and rector of the University of Belgrade. A world-renowned scientist, Cvijić is considered the founder of geography in Serbia.-Early life and family:Jovan Cvijić was born on October 11 Jovan Cvijić...	Captain Miša's Mansion Captain Miša's Mansion The Mansion of Miša Anastasijević is one of the most notable buildings in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the University of Belgrade's administration and governance building....
	10,000,000 dinara (1993 banknote overprinted with "1994")		Dark green	Ivo Andrić Ivo Andric Ivan "Ivo" Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under the Ottoman Empire...	National Library of Serbia National Library of Serbia The National Library of Serbia is the national library of Serbia, located in the city of Belgrade, .-History:...
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Novi dinar

On January 24, 1994, notes were introduced for 1, 5 and 10 novih (new) dinara. A second series of notes was introduced later in the year for 5, 10 and 20 novih dinara, with 50 and 100 novih dinara notes added in 1996.

1994–1996 "Novi dinar" Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	1 novi dinar		Brown and blue	Josif Pancic Josif Pancic Josif Pančić OSS was a Serbian botanist. He was a famous lecturer at the Great School in Belgrade and the first president of the Serbian Royal Academy. Pančić is credited for discovering the new species of coniferthe Serbian Spruce.-Biography:...	mountain	1994
	5 novih dinara		Red	Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...	Nikola Tesla Museum Nikola Tesla Museum The Nikola Tesla Museum is located in the central area of Belgrade. It holds more than 160,000 original documents, over 2,000 books and journals, over 1,200 historical technical exhibits, over 1,500 photographs and photo plates of original, technical objects, instruments and apparatus, and over...
			Violet
	10 novih dinara		Violet	Petar Petrovic Njegos	Cetinje monastery Cetinje Monastery The Cetinje Monastery is the most famous Serb Orthodox monastery in Montenegro. It is located in Cetinje and is the seat of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral and its name derives from Saint Peter of Cetinje...
			Brown
	20 novih dinara		Dark green and brown	Djura Jaksic	Vraćevšnica monastery Vraćevšnica monastery Vraćevšnica monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Vraćevšnica, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, built in 1428-1429 on the orders of Radič Postupović, a captain under Đurađ Branković and Stefan Lazarević. It is built with the Resava school and is dedicated to Saint George....
	50 novih dinara		Green	Miloš Obrenović	Prince Miloš's Residence Prince Miloš's Residence The Residence of Prince Miloš is a royal residence in Topčider municipality, Belgrade, Serbia. It was the palace of Miloš Obrenović, built in 1831, after Serbia was given autonomous status in the Ottoman Empire....	1996
	100 novih dinara		Dark green	Dositej Obradović Dositej Obradovic Dositej Dimitrije Obradović was a Serbian author, philosopher, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia...	Hopovo monastery Novo Hopovo monastery The Novo Hopovo Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. According to tradition, the monastery was built by the Despots of the House of Branković...
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In 2000, new notes without the word "novih" were issued in denominations of 10, 20, 50 and 100 dinara. 200 and 1000 dinara notes were introduced in 2001, followed by 5000 dinara in 2002.

2000–2002 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed date
	10 dinara		Ochre-yellow	Vuk Karadžić Filip Višnjić Filip Višnjic Filip Višnjić was a popular Serbian epic poet and guslar , born in northern Bosnia. He is often described as the "Serbian Homer" both because he was blind and for his poetic gift...  in the background	Figure of Vuk Karadžić Members of the First Slavic Congress held in Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...  in 1848 Vignette of the letters Vuk introduced	2000
	20 dinara		Green	Petar Petrović Njegoš	Statue of Njegoš from the Njegoš's mausoleum Mount Lovćen
	50 dinara		Purple	Stevan Mokranjac A piano	Figure of Mokranjac A motif of Miroslav Gospels illumination scores Note Note In music, the term note has two primary meanings:#A sign used in musical notation to represent the relative duration and pitch of a sound;#A pitched sound itself.... s
	100 dinara		Blue	Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer... Definition of tesla Tesla (unit) The tesla is the SI derived unit of magnetic field B . One tesla is equal to one weber per square meter, and it was defined in 1960 in honour of the inventor, physicist, and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla... , a unit of magnetic flux density	Portrait of Nikola Tesla A detail from the Tesla's AC motor AC motor An AC motor is an electric motor driven by an alternating current.It commonly consists of two basic parts, an outside stationary stator having coils supplied with alternating current to produce a rotating magnetic field, and an inside rotor attached to the output shaft that is given a torque by the...
	200 dinara		Brown	Nadežda Petrović Nadežda Petrovic Nadežda Petrović is considered the most important Serbian female painter from the late 19th and early 20th century... Statue of Nadežda Petrović Silhouette of the Gračanica Monastery Gracanica monastery Gračanica is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Kosovo. It was founded by the Serbian king Stefan Milutin in 1321. Gračanica Monastery was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia, and on 13 July 2006 it was placed on UNESCO's...	Figure of Nadežda Petrović Gračanica Monastery Gracanica monastery Gračanica is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Kosovo. It was founded by the Serbian king Stefan Milutin in 1321. Gračanica Monastery was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia, and on 13 July 2006 it was placed on UNESCO's...	2001
	1000 dinara		Red	Đorđe Vajfert Đorđe Vajfert Đorđe Vajfert was a Serbian industrialist of German descent, Governor of the National Bank of Serbia and later Yugoslavia. In addition, he is considered the founder of the modern mining sector in Serbia.-Biography:... An outline of Vajfert's brewery	Portrait of Vajfert Hologram image of St. George and the Dragon Saint George and the Dragon The episode of Saint George and the Dragon appended to the hagiography of Saint George was Eastern in origin, brought back with the Crusaders and retold with the courtly appurtenances belonging to the genre of Romance... Details from the interior of the old building of the National Bank of Yugoslavia National Bank of Serbia National Bank of Serbia is the central bank of Serbia; its main responsibilities are the protection of price stability and maintenance of financial stability....
	5000 dinara		Purple and green	Slobodan Jovanović Slobodan Jovanovic Slobodan Jovanović was one of Serbia's most prolific jurists, historians, sociologists, journalists and literary critics. He distinguished himself with a characteristically clear and sharp writing style later called the "Belgrade style"... Ornamental detail from the building of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts is the most prominent academic institution in Serbia today...	Portrait of Slobodan Jovanović Silhouette of the National Parliament	2002
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The current Serbian dinar

Serbian dinar

The dinar is the currency of Serbia. An earlier currency also called dinar was used in Serbia between 1868 and 1918. The earliest use of the dinar date to 1214. Today's Serbian dinar is a continuation of the last Yugoslav dinar...

 banknotes use almost the same design as the 2000–2002 Yugoslav notes. The main difference is that the words Narodna Banka Jugoslavije (National Bank of Yugoslavia) are changed to Narodna Banka Srbije (National Bank of Serbia

National Bank of Serbia

National Bank of Serbia is the central bank of Serbia; its main responsibilities are the protection of price stability and maintenance of financial stability....

) and the coat of arms of Serbia and Montenegro

Coat of arms of Serbia and Montenegro

The coat of arms of Serbia and Montenegro was the national symbol of Serbia and Montenegro.-Official status:The coat of arms was officially adopted by the federal parliament in 1994. It replaced the coat of arms of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which had remained as the Federal...

 is changed to Serbian coat of arms.