← Read the currency articleCroatian 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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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
Monetary history 3 events
Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
2023-01-01Euro monetary substitution1 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 changeoverCroatia: euro adoption 2023-01-01; cash 2023-01-01.
C701 1994-05-30Currency replacementOne 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Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.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.