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Kuna – 25 godina novčane jedinice Republike Hrvatske

On 30 May, the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the ‘kuna’ (the name translates as European pine marten, Martes martes) as the currency of the Republic of Croatia, the exhibition ‘KUNA – 25 years of the monetary unit of the Republic of Croatia’ opened at the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb. The Museum’s large numismatic collection – consisting of more than 270 000 coins, medals, banknotes etc. – also serves as a national numismatic collection, while the exhibition itself was organised in collaboration with the Croatian National Bank. The author of the exhibition and the accompanying catalogue is Tomislav Bilić, the head of the Museum’s Numismatic department. All variants of Croatian currency coins and banknotes are displayed at the exhibition, as well as the tenders for banknotes and coins conducted in 1992 and 1993, respectively. After proclaiming independence in 1991, Croatia introduced an interim currency, called ‘hrvatski dinar’ (Croatian dinar), which was replaced in 1994 with the ‘kuna’. The designated name for the currency under which the paper money tender was called was actually ‘kruna’ (crown), since the ‘kuna’ was the name of the currency of the Croatian fascist puppet- state during WWII. Eventually, the name was changed to ‘kuna’, and the coins tender was called under that name. The author of the coins is Kuzma Kovačić, a prominent sculptor, while the authors of banknotes are Miroslav Šutej, also a prominent painter and graphic artist, and Vilko Žiljak, an expert in computer graphics.

Kuna, 25. obljetnica

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