Croatia (1993-1994)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the period when, during Yugoslav wars, Croatia gained  diplomatic recognition by the European Economic Community members, and subsequently the United Nations (UN). There are banknotes of  1 dinara, 5 dinara, 25 dinara, 100 dinara, 500 dinara, 1,000 dinara, 2,000 dinara, 5,000 dinara, 10,000 dinara, 50,000 dinara and 100,000 dinara.

5 dinara (pet hrvatskih dinara)

This banknotes worth 5 dinara was first circulated in October the 8th 1991. On the main side center you can see Ruđer Josip Bošković, a 19th century Ragusan (current Dubrovnik) physicist, astronomer, philosopher and theologian who is the recursor of atomic theory and made the first geometric procedure for determining the equator of a rotating planet. In his right appears some of the equations of mathematics and astronomy he discoverd and Croatian coat of arms. 

There two 5's, the written value of the banknote and in the right part, the name of the country in Croatian (Republika Hrvatska). On the other side you can see Zagreb Cathedral, a Roman Catholic church built in 1093. It's considered the tallest building in Croatia and the most monumental Gothic church southeast of the Alps. It has the official name of the country, a 5, decorative elements and Croatian coat of arms. This banknote has geometric decoration as digital watermark. The size of this banknote is 10.5 cm x 5.5 cm.

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Croatia: occupation by Germany (1941-1942)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the period during Second World War in which established a puppet state (NDH) of the III Reich (after the defeat of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia at the beginning of the Second World War), ruled by Ante Pavelić and the Ustacha (fascist movement based on an extreme, religious and violent nationalism), with King Tomislav II of Croatia from the House of Savoy (he did not really have any power and never visited Croatia). The territory it controlled was the whole of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, a large part of Croatia (while northern Dalmatia was annexed to Italy, and Međimurje and Baranja from the south passed to Hungary), confronting Yugoslav communist guerrillas and Chetniks. There are banknotes of 10 kunas, 50 kunas, 100 kunas, 500 kunas and 1,000 kunas.

100 kunas (sto kuna)

This banknotes worth 100 kunas was first circulated in May the 26th of 1941. On the main side left it can be seen Croatia's coat of arms during German occupation and in the center has the written value of the banknote, the official name of the country (Nezavisna Država Hrvatska) and the name of the issuing Bank in Croatian (Ministar Narodnog Gospodarstva). It has a 100 in the back and another in the right, completed with decorative elements.
On the other side of the banknote appears the written value of the banknote, the official name of the country, two 100's and geometric elements surrounding it. This banknote has a laberinth of geometric elements as digital watermark. The size of this banknote is 14.9 cm x 8 cm. 

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