SlavicScott Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Although these notes carry the same design, they are from different banknote issuing entities. The top note was issued by Republika Srpska Krajina, a rebel Serb-dominated region of southern Croatia, with its center of government located in Knin. The region was re-claimed by Croatia in 1996, and the SRK ceased to exist. The bottom note was issued by the Srpske Republike, the Serb-dominated region of northern Bosnia, with its center of government in Banja Luka. One of the major factions involved in the Bosnian civil war, after the Dayton Accord recognized the Srpske Republike as one of two constituent states in the state of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the monetary system was restructured based on the German mark (fenninge/konvertibl marka), and a new series of notes were issued. (by the way, the new series of notes are part of a joint issue with the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, with similar style notes for each region, legal throughout both regions, but often only found within their respective regions.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlavicScott Posted February 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Additional information. Both of these governments were getting support from Belgrade (government of Yugoslavia), and these notes were both printed in Belgrade, using the same paper as the Yugoslavian 10 dinara note of 1990 and the Yugoslavian 10,000 dinara of 1992, with the young girl watermark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbeast1098 Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Pretty cool..... Ive never seen anything like that..... Practically the same note from 2 different countries KFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Interesting. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 That's really neat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlavicScott Posted February 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 As was mentioned in my first post, both of these entities were supported by the Milosevic government in Belgrade, which means that both of these entities also felt the strain of uncontrollable hyper-inflation. In late 1993, when the National Bank of Yugoslavia devaluated the dinar (YUD) at a ratio of 1,000,000:1, likewise did both of these Serbian outposts. Although this second series did give a little more separation, with unique reverse designs, the obverses were again identical, as were the color schemes throughout the series. The Republika Srpska Krajina (Croatian region) used the old Fortress of Knin for it's reverse design. The Srpske Republike (Bosnian region) used a portrait of Petar Kočić, a Serbian poet from Bosnia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotten Rodney Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 Odd very Strange. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 I have a couple of "Twins - almost". The top note is a 100 markkaa 1957-type. The bottom is a 1 markka 1963-type. They have the same value as there was a monetary reform in 1962 where 2 zeros were dropped. Both front and back can be seen in the links below. http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=896199 http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=896011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlavicScott Posted February 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 I have a couple of "Twins - almost". kissing cousins?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 My "twins - not quite" went colorblind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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