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Serbian and Kingdom Yugoslav dinar — account continuity: research record

Evidence coverage: 1873–1941. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Serbian and Kingdom Yugoslav dinar — account continuity

FTM000254 · Research draft

Original research explicitly says new kingdom retained Serbian dinar as monetary unit. National extension and renamed issuing bank do not create a new unit; retain all unification and later-partition observations. This is a qualified continuity merge, not invented conversion.

One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1873–1941; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Post-imperial crown circulating in the South Slav kingdomabsorbed into existing currency · 1920–1923 · later absorption or contribution
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Serbian groš accounting — tax and market conventionsaccount unit replacement · 1878–1879 · later absorption or contribution
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Children / successors

Serbian dinar — occupation-era currencyterritorial currency separation · 1941
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Names and unit scales 2 records

These stages belong to this profile, not separate branches.

Serbian dinar — nineteenth-century national currency1873–1920 · source record FTM000254
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes / Yugoslav dinarUndated–Undated · source record T-FTM000938

Instruments, coinage & context

Supporting material, not parents or children.

Serbian medieval dinar coinagecoinage family · identity pending

Latest research

Modern account-unit review

Dinar-for-dinar retained-unit extension becomes a dated profile observation. Account-unit source adjudication.

Sources and qualifications →
Modern account-unit review

Crown accounting was absorbed into retained dinar accounting through1920–1923unification. Account-unit source adjudication.

Sources and qualifications →
Historical account research

Original research explicitly says new kingdom retained Serbian dinar as monetary unit. National extension and renamed issuing bank do not create a new unit; retain all unification and later-partition observations. This is a qualified continuity merge, not invented conversion.

Sources and qualifications →
Modern account-unit review

Dinar-for-dinar retained-unit extension becomes a dated profile observation. Account-unit source adjudication.

Sources and qualifications →
Earlier account evidence

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.

Sources and qualifications →

Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1878–1879supported

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.

C1877
Monetary history 5 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

1873-12-12Currency authorisation

Serbia’s silver-currency law established the modern dinar. Gregorian date; 30 November in the Julian calendar.

C916
1873Name revival

Modern Serbia revived the medieval dinar name.

C917
1875Silver coin issue

Modern Serbian silver dinar coins followed the earlier copper issues.

C918
1918–1920Currency area extension

The new South Slav kingdom retained the Serbian dinar as its monetary unit. Territorial extension and unification occurred over a transition period.

C919
1920-02Multiple currency unification

Crown exchange into dinars began at four crowns per dinar.

C921
Evidence & research notes 11 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C916

Serbia’s silver-currency law established the modern dinar. Gregorian date; 30 November in the Julian calendar.

National Bank of Serbia · Governor’s speech: 150 years of the Serbian dinar Citation S446 · Open source ↗

21 December 2023; 1873 law, medieval naming and post-WWI retention

Supported C917

Modern Serbia revived the medieval dinar name.

National Bank of Serbia · Governor’s speech: 150 years of the Serbian dinar Citation S446 · Open source ↗

21 December 2023; 1873 law, medieval naming and post-WWI retention

Supported C918

Modern Serbian silver dinar coins followed the earlier copper issues.

National Bank of Serbia · History of money in Serbia Citation S447 · Open source ↗

Medieval money; Money of restored Serbia 1868–1918

Supported C919

The new South Slav kingdom retained the Serbian dinar as its monetary unit. Territorial extension and unification occurred over a transition period.

National Bank of Serbia · Governor’s speech: 150 years of the Serbian dinar Citation S446 · Open source ↗

21 December 2023; 1873 law, medieval naming and post-WWI retention

Branko Hinić, Ljiljana Đurđević and Milan Šojić / National Bank of Serbia · Serbia/Yugoslavia: from 1884 to 1940 Citation S445 · Open source ↗

Printed pp. 295–296 and 299: monetary unification and wartime partition

Source access and limitations

PDF downloaded and passages inspected.

The post-imperial crown is scoped to local successor circulation, not every imperial crown everywhere.

Supported C1634

Dinar-for-dinar retained-unit extension becomes a dated profile observation.

Boško Mijatović · Zamena austrijskih kruna za dinare 1920.godine, Istorija20.veka1/2014 Citation S788 · Open source ↗

p46

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1650

Crown accounting was absorbed into retained dinar accounting through1920–1923unification.

Boško Mijatović · Zamena austrijskih kruna za dinare 1920.godine, Istorija20.veka1/2014 Citation S788 · Open source ↗

pp46–49

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C921

Crown exchange into dinars began at four crowns per dinar.

Branko Hinić, Ljiljana Đurđević and Milan Šojić / National Bank of Serbia · Serbia/Yugoslavia: from 1884 to 1940 Citation S445 · Open source ↗

Printed pp. 295–296 and 299: monetary unification and wartime partition

Source access and limitations

PDF downloaded and passages inspected.

The post-imperial crown is scoped to local successor circulation, not every imperial crown everywhere.

Supported C922

Occupied Serbia acquired a separate Serbian dinar after Yugoslavia’s partition. This was one of several occupation monetary areas.

Branko Hinić, Ljiljana Đurđević and Milan Šojić / National Bank of Serbia · Serbia/Yugoslavia: from 1884 to 1940 Citation S445 · Open source ↗

Printed pp. 295–296 and 299: monetary unification and wartime partition

Source access and limitations

PDF downloaded and passages inspected.

The post-imperial crown is scoped to local successor circulation, not every imperial crown everywhere.

National Bank of Serbia · Dinar banknote history, article id 9755 Citation S300 · Open source ↗

7 June 2016; concluding history of wartime and postwar note series

Inference C1557

Original research explicitly says new kingdom retained Serbian dinar as monetary unit. National extension and renamed issuing bank do not create a new unit; retain all unification and later-partition observations. This is a qualified continuity merge, not invented conversion.

Branko Hinić, Ljiljana Đurđević and Milan Šojić / National Bank of Serbia · Serbia/Yugoslavia: from 1884 to 1940 Citation S445 · Open source ↗

pp 295–296

Source access and limitations

PDF downloaded and passages inspected.

The post-imperial crown is scoped to local successor circulation, not every imperial crown everywhere.

Supported C1877

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.

Dragana Gnjatović · The Introduction of a Limping Gold Standard in the Principality of Serbia, Balcanica XXXVIII(2007),91–104 Citation S983 · Open source ↗

pp101–102,§3.1–3.2; note28 cites Zbornik zakona1879p8

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Underlying nineteenth-century enactments cited by author were not independently inspected.

Supported C1883

The 1878 law converted Serbian tax and market groš accounts into dinars and required state and private books to adopt the new unit; implementation followed in 1879. The two conventions received distinct prescribed valuations.

Dragana Gnjatović · The Introduction of a Limping Gold Standard in the Principality of Serbia, Balcanica XXXVIII(2007),91–104 Citation S983 · Open source ↗

pp101–102,§3.1–3.2

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Underlying nineteenth-century enactments cited by author were not independently inspected.

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