Serbian and Kingdom Yugoslav dinar — account continuity
Serbian and Kingdom Yugoslav dinar: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
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Where this money came from
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This currency also received later contributions, distinguished below from its origins.
The story
Serbia’s silver-currency law established the modern dinar. Gregorian date; 30 November in the Julian calendar. [1]
Modern Serbian silver dinar coins followed the earlier copper issues. [2]
Turning points
Name revival
Modern Serbia revived the medieval dinar name. [3]
Account-unit observation
The 10 December 1878 law converted tax groš to 42.1 dinar para and market groš to 19.8 para, requiring state and private books in the new system; implementation occurred in 1879. [4]
Currency area extension
The new South Slav kingdom retained the Serbian dinar as its monetary unit. Territorial extension and unification occurred over a transition period. [5]
Multiple currency unification
Crown exchange into dinars began at four crowns per dinar. [6]
Sources and evidence
- National Bank of Serbia · Governor’s speech: 150 years of the Serbian dinar C916 ↗
- National Bank of Serbia · History of money in Serbia C918 ↗
- National Bank of Serbia · Governor’s speech: 150 years of the Serbian dinar C917 ↗
- Dragana Gnjatović · The Introduction of a Limping Gold Standard in the Principality of Serbia, Balcanica XXXVIII(2007),91–104 C1877 ↗
- National Bank of Serbia · Governor’s speech: 150 years of the Serbian dinar; Branko Hinić, Ljiljana Đurđević and Milan Šojić / National Bank of Serbia · Serbia/Yugoslavia: from 1884 to 1940 C919 ↗
- Branko Hinić, Ljiljana Đurđević and Milan Šojić / National Bank of Serbia · Serbia/Yugoslavia: from 1884 to 1940 C921 ↗
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