Currency of Yugoslavia
Yugoslav dinar
dinar
динар
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1 dinar (1938)
| 1000 dinara (1920)
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Code
| YUM
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Plural
| The language(s) of this currency belong(s) to the
Slavic languages
. There is more than one way to construct plural forms.
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Symbol
| din.
and
дин.
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Subunit
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1
⁄
100
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Banknotes
| 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 1000, 5000 dinara
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Coins
| 1, 5, 10, 50 para, 1, 2, 5 dinara
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User(s)
| None, previously:
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
SFR Yugoslavia
FR Yugoslavia
(
Serbia
1992?2006,
Montenegro
1992?2000)
Republika Srpska
Republic of Serbian Krajina
Eastern Slavonia
(under
UNTAES
) (1995?1998) (in parallel with the
Croatian Kuna
and
Deutsche Mark
)
[1]
Serbia
(2006)
[2]
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Central bank
| National Bank of Yugoslavia
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This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.
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The
dinar
(
Cyrillic
:
динар
) was the
currency
of
Yugoslavia
. It was introduced in 1920 in the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
, which was replaced by the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
, and then the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
. The dinar was subdivided into 100
para
(
Cyrillic
:
пара
).
One of the successor states to former Yugoslavia, the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
, continued to use the same name for its currency until 2003, though Montenegro stopped exclusively using it in 1999 and moved away from it in 2000.
In the early 1990s, economic mismanagement made the government bankrupt and forced it to take money from the savings of the country's citizens. Following the
breakup of Yugoslavia
, this caused severe and prolonged
hyperinflation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
, which has been described as the worst in history.
[3]
Large amounts of money were printed, with coins becoming redundant and inflation rates reaching over one billion per cent per year.
[4]
This hyperinflation caused five revaluations between 1990 and 1994; in total there were eight distinct dinari. Six of the eight have been given distinguishing names and separate
ISO 4217
codes. The highest denomination banknote was 500 billion dinars, which became worthless a
fortnight
after it was printed.
[5]
History
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Summary of successive dinars
Start
year
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Name or informal
description
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Code
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Equivalent to
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1920
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Serbian dinar
(Became Yugoslav currency)
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4 Yugoslav kronen
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1941
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Various
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(
Yugoslavia split up during WW2
)
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1945
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Federation dinar
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YUF
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20 Serbian dinara
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1966
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Hard dinar
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YUD
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100 YUF
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1990
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Convertible dinar
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YUN
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10,000 YUD
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1992
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Reformed dinar
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YUR
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10 YUN
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1993
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YUO
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1 million YUR
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1994
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YUG
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1000 million YUO
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1994
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Novi dinar
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YUM
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1 Deutsche Mark
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1920?41: dinars of the Yugoslav Kingdom
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Until 1918, the
dinar
was the currency of
Serbia
. It then became the currency of the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
, circulating alongside the
krone
in
Croatia
,
Slovenia
and
Bosnia and Herzegovina
, with 1 dinar = 4 kronen. The first coins and banknotes bearing the name of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes were issued in 1920, until which time Serbian coins and banknotes circulated. In 1929, the name of the country changed to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and this was reflected on the currency.
[6]
In 1931, an exchange rate of 56.4 dinara to the
U.S. dollar
was set, which changed to 44 dinara in 1933. In 1937, a tourist exchange rate of 250 dinara to the
British pound
was established.
World War II (1941?45)
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In 1941, Yugoslavia was
invaded
and split up, with the dinar remaining currency in
Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia
(as
Serbian dinar
). The
kuna
was introduced in
Croatia
and
Bosnia and Herzegovina
(
Independent State of Croatia
) at par with the dinar, whilst the
Bulgarian lev
,
Italian lira
and
German Reichsmark
circulated in those part of Yugoslavia occupied by these countries.
1945?65: Federation dinar (YUF)
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In 1945, as Yugoslavia began to be reconstituted, the Yugoslav dinar replaced the
Serbian dinar
,
Independent State of Croatia kuna
and other occupation currencies, with the rates of exchanged being 1 Yugoslav dinar = 20 Serbian dinara = 40 kuna.
[7]
Yugoslavia was a founding member of the
International Monetary Fund
. At the time, other Communist countries avoided signing up to it. The dinar was initially pegged to the US dollar at a rate of 50 dinars to the dollar.
[8]
By 1955, the peg had been depreciated to 300 dinars to the dollar, but this was only applicable to a limited number of transactions.
[9]
For the vast majority of transactions, a system of multiple exchange rates with differing levels of government intervention applied. Depending on the transaction the system offered over 200 different exchange rates
[10]
ranging from 600 or so dinars to the dollar to over 1,150.
[10]
This multiple exchange rate system was abolished in 1961 and replaced with a single pegged rate of 750 dinars to the dollar.
[11]
1966?89: Hard dinar (YUD)
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On 1 January 1966, the first of five revaluations took place, at a ratio of 100 to 1.
The revalued currency was initially pegged to the US dollar at a rate of 12.50 dinars to the dollar.
[12]
In late 1971, this was revised to 17 dinars to the dollar.
[13]
Following the
Nixon Shock
, Yugoslavia adopted a market exchange rate system. A foreign exchange market was established in Belgrade in which only banks could participate; this set the exchange rates for the entire country.
[14]
This allowed the dinar to float (or perhaps more accurately, sink) more or less freely. Under this system, the exchange rate reached about 29 dinars to the dollar in 1981,
[15]
127 dinars to the dollar by 1984,
[16]
and 457 dinars to the dollar by 1987.
[17]
Yugoslavia's chronic inflation was poorly managed. The
hyperinflation in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
became a serious problem in the 1980s. Between 1971 and 1991, Yugoslavia's annualized inflation was 76 percent. Only
Brazil
and
Zaire
had higher levels of inflation.
[10]
The large denomination coins were struck in
nickel brass
.
[18]
1990?92: Convertible dinar (YUN)
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The second revaluation took place on 1 January 1990, at a ratio of 10,000 to 1. During this period, the constituent republics began to leave the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
. Four of the six republics declared independence and issued their own currencies shortly after, and the
breakup of Yugoslavia
was recognized by the international community at the turn of 1992. This was the last dinar that bore the
coat of arms
and the name of the "Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" in multiple languages.
Serbian enclaves in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in occupied territories in Croatia also issued currencies in dinar, equivalent to and revalued together with the Yugoslav dinar. These were the
Krajina dinar
and the
Republika Srpska dinar
.
July 1992 ? September 1993: Reformed dinar (YUR)
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In the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
, which consisted of the remaining republics of
Serbia
and
Montenegro
, the third revaluation took place on 1 July 1992, at a ratio of 10 to 1.
Hyperinflation in the country
began during this currency's period of circulation. The
sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
, instituted over the course of 1992, seriously impacted its economy. People started to use foreign
hard currency
, such as
Deutsche Marks
, to mitigate some of the problems of hyperinflation.
October?December 1993 dinar (YUO)
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Yugoslavia re-denominated the dinar for the fourth time on 1 October 1993, at a ratio of 1 million to 1. This did not mitigate the hyperinflation, and the 1993 dinar (
ISO 4217 code
: YUO) lasted for only three months.
Coinage became redundant. The 1993 dinar had the largest denomination out of all incarnations of Yugoslav currency: the banknote, featuring
Jovan Jovanovi? Zmaj
had a face value of 500 billion (
5
×
10
11
) dinara (right). Wages became worthless; if paid in cash, workers had to rush out and spend their wages before they lost their value overnight. Many businesses started to pay wages in goods instead, and a simple barter system developed. Businesses with good connections to politicians could still get access to hard currency. Some shops, instead of
rewriting their prices
several times a day, started pricing goods in "bods" (points), often equivalent to hard currency such as one Deutschmark. The winter of 1993 was particularly hard for pensioners; if a monthly pension was spent immediately, it was still barely enough to buy three litres of milk. Many people relied on connections to friends and family abroad (who could provide hard currency) or in the countryside (who could grow food).
[5]
1994 dinar (YUG)
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Yugoslavia re-denominated the dinar for the fifth time on 1 January 1994, at a ratio of 1 billion (
10
9
) to 1.
The 1994 dinar (
ISO 4217 code
: YUG) was the shortest-lived out of all incarnations of Yugoslav currency, as
hyperinflation
continued to intensify,
[4]
and only one coin (1 dinar) was issued for it. Towards the end of the 1994 dinar, the National Bank overprinted and reissued 10 million dinara banknotes from the 1992 dinar (right).
1994?2003: Novi dinar (YUM)
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Reforms of the Yugoslav dinar
Date
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Conversion Rate
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29 November 1944
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20
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1 January 1966
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100
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1 January 1990
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10,000
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1 July 1992
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10
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1 October 1993
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1,000,000
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1 January 1994
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1,000,000,000
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24 January 1994
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~13 million
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On 24 January 1994, the
novi dinar
(nominative plural:
novi dinari
, Cyrillic script: нови динар, нови динари; genitive plural:
novih dinara
, Cyrillic: нових динара; novi means new) was introduced. This was not a revaluation of the dinar. Instead, the novi dinar was pegged at par to the
Deutsche Mark
. On the day of the introduction of the novi dinar, the exchange rate of the previous dinar to the Deutsche Mark, and, hence, to the novi dinar, was approximately 1 DM = 13 million dinara. Despite not being pegged to the newest currency, the previous dinar did not fall further in value, remaining at about 12 million "1994" dinar to the novi dinar.
[19]
The overall impact of the hyperinflation was that 1 novi dinar equalled approximately 1.2
×
10
27
third (hard) dinara from before 1990, 1.2
×
10
29
Federation dinara, or 2.4
×
10
30
pre-war dinara. The "novi" portion of the name was abandoned in 2000.
In 2003, as Yugoslavia became the
State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
, the Yugoslav dinar in the
constituent Republic of Serbia
was replaced by the
Serbian dinar
(CSD) at par.
Replacement of the dinar
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200 Yugoslav dinar and 200
Serbian dinar
at the time of introduction of Serbian dinar
On 6 November 1999, Montenegro decided that, besides the Yugoslav dinar, the
Deutsche Mark
would also be an official currency. On 13 November 2000, the dinar was dropped in Montenegro and the Deutsche Mark (by that time defined in terms of the
euro
) became the only currency there. Deutsche Mark ceased to be a
legal tender
in Germany and was physically replaced by the
euro
on January 1, 2002, which is also when
Montenegro unilaterally adopted the euro
, though it
does not mint it
.
In 2003, after the creation of
Serbia and Montenegro
, the dinar, by then only used in Serbia, was replaced by the
Serbian dinar
. In practice, the introduction of the Serbian dinar functioned as a name change with their values being
at par
and maintaining essentially the same banknote and coin designs except for the name of the state. Old Yugoslav banknotes remained in official use in parallel with the new Serbian notes until January 1, 2007, and old banknotes could be exchanged for new ones with services provided by the
National Bank of Serbia
until the end of 2012.
[2]
Coins
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1920 dinar
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In 1920, the first coins were minted in the name of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. They were zinc 5 and 10 para and nickel-bronze 25 para. These were followed, in 1925, by nickel-bronze 50 para, 1 and 2 dinara. From 1931, coins were minted in the name of Yugoslavia, starting with silver 10 and 20 dinara, followed by silver 50 dinara in 1932. In 1938, aluminium-bronze 50 para, 1 and 2 dinara, nickel 10 dinara and reduced size, silver 20 and 50 dinara were introduced. These were the last coins issued before the
Second World War
.
1945 dinar
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In 1945, zinc 50 para, 1, 2 and 5 dinara were introduced, followed in 1953 by aluminium coins for the same denominations. In 1955, aluminium-bronze 10, 20 and 50 dinara were added.
1966 dinar
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5 para coin, 1965, front and reverse
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10 para coin, 1965, front
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10 para coin, 1965, reverse
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20 para coin, 1974, front
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20 para coin, 1974, reverse
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50 para coin, 1977, front
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50 para coin, 1977, reverse
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1 dinar coin, 1978, front
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1 dinar coin, 1978, reverse
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additional assorted coins, front
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additional assorted coins, reverse
In 1966, brass 5, 10, 20 and 50 para, and cupro-nickel 1 dinar coins (dated 1965) were introduced. In 1971, nickel-brass 2 and 5 dinara were introduced, followed by cupro-nickel 10 dinara in 1976. Production of 5, 10 and 20 para coins ceased in 1981, with bronze 25 and 50 para being introduced the following year. Nickel-brass 20, 50 and 100 dinara were introduced in 1985 and production of all coins less than 10 dinara stopped the next year. In 1988, brass 10, 20, 50 and 100 dinara were introduced. These four coins were issued until 1989.
1990 dinar
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In 1990, coins for 10, 20 and 50 para, 1, 2 and 5 dinara were introduced. The highest two denominations were minted in small numbers in 1992, the other denominations having ceased production in 1991.
1992 dinar
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Coins were issued for this currency in 1992 in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 50 dinara. The 1, 2 and 5 dinara were bronze, whilst the 10 and 50 dinara were nickel-brass. The coins bore the state title "Yugoslavia" (Jugoslavija in the
Latin
alphabet and ?угослави?а in
Cyrillic
) in its simplest form without any modifier.
1993 dinar
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Coins were issued in 1993 in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 50 dinara struck in nickel-brass, and 100 dinara struck in brass. Brass 500 dinara coins were also struck but not issued, most being remelted. The design of these coins was similar to that of coins of the fifth dinar, except that the sixth dinar coins bore the state title "FR Yugoslavia" (SR Jugoslavija in Latin and СР ?угослави?а in Cyrillic).
1994 dinar
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Only one coin type was struck for this short-lived currency, a brass 1 dinar.
Novi dinar
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In 1994, brass 1 and 5 para, and nickel-brass 10 and 50 para, and 1 novi dinar were introduced. In 2000 the word novi was dropped from the currency and new, brass 50 para, 1, 2 and 5 dinara coins were introduced.
Banknotes
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See also
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References
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Derek Boothby (January?March 2004). "The Political Challenges of Administering Eastern Slavonia".
Global Governance
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10
(1).
Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations
: 37?51 (15 pages).
doi
:
10.1163/19426720-01001005
.
JSTOR
27800508
.
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a
b
n.a.
"Neva?e?e nov?anice"
.
Radio Television of Serbia
. Retrieved
22 July
2022
.
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Thayer Watkins.
"The Worst Episode of Hyperinflation in History: Yugoslavia 1993-94"
.
San Jose State University
. Archived from
the original
on 7 December 2012
. Retrieved
21 June
2019
.
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a
b
Yugoslavia on the brink, Radio Netherlands Archives, 8 August 1994
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a
b
Judah (2009).
The Serbs
. Yale University Press.
ISBN
978-0-300-15826-7
.
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Cuhaj, 2010, p. 1255.
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On April 10, 1945, the Government of Yugoslavia reestablished the dinar as the monetary unit (Official Gazette No 20, April 10, 1945.)
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International Monetary Fund.
First Annual Report on Exchange Restrictions
(Washington, DC: IMF, 1950), 86.
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International Monetary Fund.
Sixth Annual Report on Exchange Restrictions
(Washington, DC: IMF, 1955), 318.
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a
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Hanke, Steve H. "Dinar Inflation." Mises Institute.
https://mises.org/library/dinar-inflation
(retrieved October 31, 2020).
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International Monetary Fund.
Thirteenth Annual Report on Exchange Restrictions
(Washington, DC: IMF, 1962), 368.
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International Monetary Fund.
Eighteenth Annual Report on Exchange Restrictions
(Washington, DC: IMF, 1967), 696.
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International Monetary Fund.
Twenty-Third Annual Report on Exchange Restrictions
(Washington, DC: IMF, 1972), 482.
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International Monetary Fund.
Twenty-Sixth Annual Report on Exchange Restrictions
(Washington, DC: IMF, 1975), 530.
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International Monetary Fund.
Annual Report on Exchange Restrictions 1981
(Washington, DC: IMF, 1981), 454.
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International Monetary Fund.
Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions 1984
(Washington, DC: IMF, 1984), 527.
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International Monetary Fund.
Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions 1987
(Washington, DC: IMF, 1987), 536.
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"100 Dinara Yugoslavia 1985-1988"
. Coins of Germany.
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Boarov, Dimitrije (28 May 1996).
"Dragoslav Avramovic Leaves - Time of Fair Money Is Over"
. Vreme News Digest Agency
. Retrieved
9 May
2020
– via Rutgers University.
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