Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (1918-1929), Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929-1941), Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (1943-1945), Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (1945-1963), Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1963-1992), Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003), State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006)
Country in the Balkans (1918-1941, 1943-2006)
Location: Balkans
Capital City: Belgrade
Government type: Constitutional Monarchy (1918-1929, 1931-1941), Absolute Monarchy (1929-1931), Provisional Government (1943-1945), Communist Republic (1945-1992), Republic (1992-2006)
Main languages: Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Albanian
Main religions: Orthodox Christianity, Catholic Christianity, Sunni Islam
Chronology
1918: Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes formed by the union of Serbia (which recently anneed Montenegro) with the State of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, the former Austro-Hungarian South Slavic regions.
1929: Adopts the name Yugoslavia
1941: Invaded by Germany and Italy and split up between Germany, Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Hungary
1943: Yugoslavia reocnstituted in rebellion, regains control over most of Yugoslavia by late 1944
1945: Socialist republican constiutiton enacted
1991-2001: Yugoslav Wars: widespread conflict as constituent territories declare indepdendence
2003: Renamed to Serbia and Montenegro, the last two member states
2006: Serbia and Montenegro separate
Currency
Dinar (1918-1941)
1 Dinar = 100 Para
Federation Dinar (1944-1965)
1 Dinar = 100 Para
Hard Dinar (1966-1989)
1 Dinar = 100 Para
Convertible Dinar (1990-1992)
1 Dinar = 100 Para
Reformed Dinar (1992-1993)
1 Dinar = 100 Para
October Dinar (1993)
1 Dinar = 100 Para
January Dinar (1994)
1 Dinar = 100 Para
New Dinar (1994-2003)
1 Dinar = 100 Para
Note: After 2003, there was no Yugoslav currency. Serbia produced their own money, and Montenegro and Kosovo both used the Euro.
Coins from Yugoslavia in the collection
Kingdom (1918-1941)
•25 Para, 1920 (King Petar I (1918-1921), cupronickel, Vienna mint, KM#3)
•50 Para, 1938 (King Petar II (1934-1945), aluminum bronze, Paris mint, KM#18)
•1 Dinar, 1925 (King Aleksandar (1921-1929), cupronickel, Société Française de Monnayage (Poissy), KM#5)
•50 Dinar, 1938 (King Petar II (1934-1945), silver (.750), KM#24)
Provisional Government (1943-1945)
•2 Dinar, 1945 (King Petar II (1934-1945), zinc, Belgrade mint, KM#27)
Communist Republic (1945-1992)
•50 Para, 1953 (aluminum, Belgrade mint, KM#29)
•1 Dinar, 1963 (aluminum, Belgrade mint, KM#36)
•2 Dinar, 1953 (aluminum, Belgrade mint, KM#31)
•10 Dinar, 1955 (aluminum bronze, Belgrade mint, KM#33)
•10 Dinar, 1963 (aluminum bronze, Belgrade mint, KM#39)
•20 Dinar, 1963 (aluminum bronze, Belgrade mint, KM#40)
•50 Dinar, 1955 (aluminum bronze, Belgrade mint, KM#35)
•5 Para, 1965 (aluminum bronze, Belgrade mint, KM#42)
•20 Para, 1965 (aluminum bronze, Belgrade mint, KM#45)
•50 Para, 1978 (aluminum bronze, Belgrade mint, KM#46)
•1 Dinar, 1965 (cupronickel, Belgrade mint, KM#47)
•1 Dinar, 1968 (cupronickel, Belgrade mint, KM#48)
•1 Dinar, 1974 (nickel brass, Belgrade mint, KM#59)
•1 Dinar, 1976 (nickel brass, Belgrade mint, KM#59)
•1 Dinar, 1982 (nickel brass, Belgrade mint, KM#86)
•2 Dinar, 1980 (nickel brass, Belgrade mint, KM#57)
•5 Dinar, 1972 (nickel brass, Belgrade mint, KM#58)
•10 Dinar, 1979 (cupronickel, Belgrade mint, KM#62)
•50 Dinar, 1986 (nickel brass, Belgrade mint, KM#113)
•100 Dinar, 1989 (nickel brass, Belgrade mint, KM#134)
•10 Para, 1990 (brass, Belgrade mint, KM#139)
•10 Para, 1991 (brass, Belgrade mint, KM#139)
Republic (1992-2006)
•10 Para, 1995 (brass, KM#162.2)
•50 Para, 1994 (nickel brass, KM#163)
•1 Dinar, 2002 (nickel brass, KM#180)
•5 Dinar, 2000 (nickel brass, KM#182)
Banknotes from Yugoslavia in the collection
Kingdom (1918-1941)
•20 Dinar, 1936 (King Petar II (1934-1945), P#30)
Provisional Government (1943-1945)
•1 Dinar, 1944 (King Petar II (1934-1945), P#48)
•20 Dinar, 1944 (King Petar II (1934-1945), P#51)
Communist Republic (1945-1992)
•100 Dinar, 1963 (P#73)
•5 Dinar, 1965 (P#77)
•20 Dinar, 1978 (P#85)
•100 Dinar, 1986 (P#80)
•500 Dinar, 1981 (P#84)
•100,000 Dinar, 1989 (P#97)
•50,000 Dinar, 1992 (P#117)
•1,000 Dinar, 1994 (P#140)