Here are the three notes of 50, 100 (unissued) and 200 dinara. These three notes series are referred to as the 1990 Partisan Monuments series. However, only two notes were released for circulation, but not the 100 dinara note printed with the portrait of Marshal Josip Broz Tito.
The 50 and 200 dinara are relatively considered as cheap notes and there is no shortage in supply at the moment. However, the 100 dinara with the portrait of Marshal Josip Broz Titois is not. As this note was printed and was not released for circulation, some of these notes appeared in the market and they are just selling quite expensive. It was not my initial intention to get this note but in order to complete a series, I have no choice but to buy one instead.
This series was issued as the currency reform series replacing the previous 1985-1989 hyperinflation series. In this series, the highest denomination value issued was 2,000,000 dinara. The conversion for this currency reform series was 1:10,000 dinara. Following this series, a full series of five notes with denominations of 10 to 1,000 dinara were issued with all printed with full date in 1990. These notes were with the dates of March, June, September and November 1990.
Fifty Dinara
Date - 1.I 1990
Watermark - N/A
Sizes - 146mm x 75mm
Back - The Partisan Monument of Yugoslavia (Sutjeska). This monument was erected to commemorate the Battle of Sutjeska which was fought from May to June 1943 against the Nazi invasion army during World War II. The Yugoslavia Communist Partisans was led by Josip Broz Tito and the battle was fought in the town of Sutjeska in southeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina near the borders with Montenegro and Serbia. The Partisan Monument is a concrete sculpture symbolising Partisan breakthrough during World War II. The design features two massive wing look-alike structures. In the middle is an outline map of Yugoslavia. In the background is an outline map of Yugoslavia.
One Hundred Dinara (Unissued)
Front - The portrait of Marshal Josip Broz Tito (b.1892-1980). To many, he was simply just referred to as Tito. Tito was born to a Croat father and a Slovene mother. During his lifetime, he was a communist revolutionary, a politician, a war time resistance (against the Nazi occupation during World War II), a Prime Minister (tenure 1945-1963) and President (tenure 1953-1980) until his death in 1980 at the old age of 88. To the West, he was considered more pro-west than the Soviet Union leadership, and had met many leaders around the world, including the United States, China and the United Kingdom. The late Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom visited Yugoslavia in 1972. When he died, 129 leaders from around the world attended his funeral. At that time, it was considered as the largest state funeral ever held in history for a leader of a country. This record was later broken by the funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005.
Personally, I find his portrait looks very serious or not happy, imitating and like he is staring at you and waiting to pound on you with many questions. This is the first banknote designed with Tito's portrait. In 1985, a 5000 dinara note was issued with his portrait on it, thus making him appear on this banknote for the first time, despite being in power from 1945 to 1980.
One interesting fact about Tito is that during his leadership as President of Yugoslavia, he managed to hold all six socialist republics together and ruled it as President of Yugoslavia. These six socialist republics were Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia until it all went pear shaped in 1992. Like they say, good things never last forever or is it the other way round? That would be depending on which side of the fence you are sitting on. There is no right or wrong answer here, only opinions, and I am sure we all have plenty in our mind!
In the middle are nine billowing flags.
Date - nd1990
Watermark - N/A
Sizes - 145mm x 75mm
Back - The Partisan Monument of Yugoslavia (Sutjeska). This monument was erected to commemorate the Battle of Sutjeska which was fought from May to June 1943 against the Nazi invasion during World War II. The Yugoslavia Communist Partisans was led by Josip Broz Tito and the battle was fought in the town of Sutjeska in southeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina near the borders with Montenegro and Serbia.The Partisan Monument is a concrete sculpture symbolising Partisan breakthrough during World War II. The design features two massive wing look-alike structures. In the background is an outline map of Yugoslavia.
Two Hundred Dinara
Front - Coat of Arms, Dusan Dzamonja's Monument to the Revolution in Kozara National Park in the Republic of Srpska. Battle of Kozara WW2 (10.06.1942 to 17.07.1942) 68,500 Yugoslav partisan fighters killed. battle located at Mrakovica. Started 1969 and completed 1971 Issued 03.01.1990, withdrew 31.03.1991.
Date - 1.I 1990
Watermark - N/A
Sizes - 145mm x 70mm
Back - The Partisan monument 'V3' located at Sumarice Memorial Park in Kragujevac, Serbia. This monument was dedicated to the students and teachers from class V3 of the First Kragujevac Grammar School who were executed by the Nazi forces on 21 October 1941. The 'V3' is refers to the 5th-grade, 3rd-form class of grammar school boys who were taken directly from their classrooms and murdered by the Nazi Force. Officially, this monument is named the Monument to the Executed Students and Professors. It is also known as Interrupted Fight or Broken Wings. The monument was erected in 1963. It is reported that about 2,794 victims of students and teachers died in this incident.
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