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Postwar Yugoslav dinar — before successor separations: research record

Evidence coverage: 1945–1992. 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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Currency continuity

Postwar Yugoslav dinar — before successor separations

FTM000255 · Research draft
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: 1945–1992; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Serbian dinar — occupation-era currencymultiple currency unification · 1945 · later absorption or contribution
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Children / successors

Croatian dinar — 1991–1994 transitional currencyterritorial currency separation · 1991-12-23
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Slovenian tolarterritorial currency separation · 1991-10-08
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Federal Yugoslav / Serbian dinar — successor continuityterritorial currency separation · 1992-07-01
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Macedonian denar — national continuityterritorial currency separation · 1992-04-26
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Bosnia and Herzegovina dinarregional account unit branch · 1992
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Unit and issue records 3 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Yugoslav dinar — unit circulating at the 1991 separationsFTM000886 · C840, C842
Yugoslav dinar — 1945 scaleFTM000941 · C923, C924
Yugoslav dinar — 1965–1966 scaleFTM000942 · C924, C925

Latest research

Modern account-unit review

The DFJ dinar replaced Serbian occupation dinars in the 1945 monetary unification. The April rates law valued 100 occupation Serbian dinars at 5 DFJ dinars and applied conversion to wartime obligations; prewar Yugoslav obligations were treated separately. Actual replacement and obligation conversion are directly documented. The Serbian branch is one incoming currency among several, not the exclusive origin of the postwar unit. Dates remain year level to avoid imposing a universal territorial changeover day.

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Reforms within this currency

1965–1966Redenomination

The Yugoslav dinar was rescaled by 100 during the 1965–1966 reform. Slovenian statistical effective date: 1 January 1966. Serbian compilation: 1 August 1965. The event boundary remains qualified.

100 Yugoslav dinar — 1945 scale per 1 Yugoslav dinar — 1965–1966 scaleV0198 · The Yugoslav dinar was rescaled by 100 during the 1965–1966 reform. Slovenian statistical effective date: 1 January 1966. Serbian compilation: 1 August 1965. The event boundary remains qualified.

C924
1990-01-01Redenomination

One new Yugoslav dinar replaced 10,000 previous dinars.

10000 Yugoslav dinar — 1965–1966 scale per 1 Yugoslav dinar — unit circulating at the 1991 separationsV0199 · One new Yugoslav dinar replaced 10,000 previous dinars.

C925
Monetary history 3 events

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

1945Multiple currency unification

Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R0347. Actual replacement and obligation conversion are directly documented. The Serbian branch is one incoming currency among several, not the exclusive origin of the postwar unit. Dates remain year level to avoid imposing a universal territorial changeover day. Current evidence: The DFJ dinar replaced Serbian occupation dinars in the 1945 monetary unification. The April rates law valued 100 occupation Serbian dinars at 5 DFJ dinars and applied conversion to wartime obligations; prewar Yugoslav obligations were treated separately.

C923
1965–1966Redenomination

Qualified evidence: The Yugoslav dinar was rescaled by 100 during the 1965–1966 reform. Slovenian statistical effective date: 1 January 1966. Serbian compilation: 1 August 1965. The event boundary remains qualified.

C924
1990-01-01Redenomination

One new Yugoslav dinar replaced 10,000 previous dinars.

C925
Evidence & research notes 9 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C840

Croatian dinars replaced Yugoslav dinars at par.

Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 Citation S98 · Open source ↗

Croatia, PDF p. 64

Source access and limitations

Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.

Only selected country milestones used.

Supported C842

Slovenian tolars replaced Yugoslav dinars at par.

Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 Citation S98 · Open source ↗

Slovenia, PDF p. 221; issuer’s temporary-note history

Source access and limitations

Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.

Only selected country milestones used.

Banka Slovenije · The story of the tolar Citation S419 · Open source ↗

Slovenia, PDF p. 221; issuer’s temporary-note history

Inference C923

Postwar Yugoslav dinars replaced occupation money, including Serbian occupation dinars. Non-exclusive incoming branch; exact conversion and other occupation currencies remain open.

Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R0347. Actual replacement and obligation conversion are directly documented. The Serbian branch is one incoming currency among several, not the exclusive origin of the postwar unit. Dates remain year level to avoid imposing a universal territorial changeover day. Replacement evidence: C1636.

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

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.

Qualified C924

The Yugoslav dinar was rescaled by 100 during the 1965–1966 reform. Slovenian statistical effective date: 1 January 1966. Serbian compilation: 1 August 1965. The event boundary remains qualified.

Banka Slovenije · Zgodovina deviznih tečajev 1945–1998 Citation S443 · Open source ↗

Introduction and sources/methods: 1966, 1990, 1992, 1993 redenominations

Source access and limitations

1966 statistical effective date conflicts with August 1965 date in Serbian statistical table; retain a bounded reform period.

Denar May 7 differs from Bundesbank May 10; use month precision.

Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia · Serbia in figures 2002 — Currency circulation Citation S444 · Open source ↗

PDF p. 34, printed p. 33: Dinar denominations and parity tables

Source access and limitations

Contemporaneous official statistical compilation, citing National Bank of Yugoslavia.

January 24 and January 26 rates differ; no timeless 1994 ratio.

Supported C925

One new Yugoslav dinar replaced 10,000 previous dinars.

Banka Slovenije · Zgodovina deviznih tečajev 1945–1998 Citation S443 · Open source ↗

Introduction and sources/methods: 1966, 1990, 1992, 1993 redenominations

Source access and limitations

1966 statistical effective date conflicts with August 1965 date in Serbian statistical table; retain a bounded reform period.

Denar May 7 differs from Bundesbank May 10; use month precision.

Supported C926

Federal Yugoslavia introduced a dinar scale worth ten preceding dinars. Successor territorial branch after other republics separated.

Banka Slovenije · Zgodovina deviznih tečajev 1945–1998 Citation S443 · Open source ↗

Introduction and sources/methods: 1966, 1990, 1992, 1993 redenominations

Source access and limitations

1966 statistical effective date conflicts with August 1965 date in Serbian statistical table; retain a bounded reform period.

Denar May 7 differs from Bundesbank May 10; use month precision.

Supported C933

Macedonia replaced the Yugoslav dinar with its denar at par.

Anita Angelovska Bezhoska / National Bank of North Macedonia, hosted by BIS · We remain consistent in maintaining price and denar stability Citation S448 · Open source ↗

Address of 26 April 2020; opening historical paragraph and October 1995 strategy

Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 Citation S98 · Open source ↗

North Macedonia and Serbia: currency history and comments

Source access and limitations

Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.

Only selected country milestones used.

Supported C1636

The DFJ dinar replaced Serbian occupation dinars in the 1945 monetary unification. The April rates law valued 100 occupation Serbian dinars at 5 DFJ dinars and applied conversion to wartime obligations; prewar Yugoslav obligations were treated separately.

Saša Ilić, National Bank of Serbia Archive · Socijalističko bankarstvo: neprekidna evolucija bankarskog sektora u Jugoslaviji (1944/45–1991/92), Anali PFB 1/2022 Citation S820 · Open source ↗

Ilić section 2 notes 9–10; Jugoslovenski pregled November 1983 p. 433; official conversion schedule

Source access and limitations

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

Jugoslovenski pregled (institutional review; byline not verified) · November 1983 issue, section Zamena okupacijskih novčanica Citation S819 · Open source ↗

Ilić section 2 notes 9–10; Jugoslovenski pregled November 1983 p. 433; official conversion schedule

Source access and limitations

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

Substantive indexed page text inspected; direct PDF unavailable.

Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, Ministry of Finance · Službeni list DFJ, No. 62, 21 August 1945 Citation S818 · Open source ↗

Ilić section 2 notes 9–10; Jugoslovenski pregled November 1983 p. 433; official conversion schedule

Source access and limitations

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

Indexed legal text inspected: 100 Serbian occupation dinars = 5 DFJ dinars; certificates, blocked accounts and withdrawals handled under April conversion and obligation law.

Supported C1704

Bosnia and Herzegovina established its dinar and replaced previously circulating Yugoslav dinars under July/August1992 decrees; implementation was territorially incomplete during war.

ICTY; witness Žarko Primorac · Prlić et al. trial transcript, 25 June 2008 Citation S872 · Open source ↗

pp29894–29895,29911–29913

Source access and limitations

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

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