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Croatian kuna — 1994 currency: research record

Evidence coverage: 1994–2023. 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

Croatian kuna — 1994 currency

T-FTM000806 · 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: 1994–2023; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Children / successors

Euro — converging national replacementsabsorbed into existing currency · 2023-01-01 · later absorption or contribution
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Monetary history 3 events

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

2023-01-01Euro monetary substitution

1 EUR = 7.53450 HRK. Croatia: euro adoption 2023-01-01; cash 2023-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.

C700, C701, C646
2023-01-01Euro cash changeover

Croatia: euro adoption 2023-01-01; cash 2023-01-01.

C701
1994-05-30Currency replacement

One kuna replaced 1,000 Croatian dinars.

C841
Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C700

1 EUR = 7.53450 HRK.

Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S348 · Open source ↗

art.1, Croatia currency row; exact decimal retained

Source access and limitations

Article 2’s original 1999 commencement does not backdate later-added currencies.

Country-specific dates come from the separate 974/98 annex.

Supported C701

Croatia: euro adoption 2023-01-01; cash 2023-01-01.

Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 · Open source ↗

Annex, Croatia row; arts.2–3 provide substitution

Source access and limitations

Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.

National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.

Supported C841

One kuna replaced 1,000 Croatian dinars.

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

Croatia, PDF p. 64; NN 37/1994 Article III

Source access and limitations

Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.

Only selected country milestones used.

Republic of Croatia / Narodne novine · Decision introducing the kuna as the monetary unit Citation S418 · Open source ↗

Croatia, PDF p. 64; NN 37/1994 Article III

Source access and limitations

Decision specifies ratio, but its signature/publication date must not be used as the actual currency launch.

Supported C646

Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.

Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 · Open source ↗

arts.1, 1a, 2–3

Source access and limitations

Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.

National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.

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