Hi all.
I am looking for information on the currencies of occupied Yugoslavia, mainly the rates at which the Serbian dinar and Croatian kuna replaced the Yugoslav dinar, and the exchange rates to the Reichsmark. Personal knowledge is appreciated; don't just read off Wikipedia.
Thanks.
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Is this all correct (there is almost no reliable information about these coins anywhere)?
==Yugoslavia==
Yugoslavia, after the 1941 invasion by the Axis powers, was partitioned into various regions with different governments, some independent but most ruled by the nations they had been conquered by.
===Serbia===
Serbia (incorporating the north of Kosovo and the Banat), was occupied by Germany throughout the war. In this province, the German government replaced the prewar Yugoslav dinar with the new Serbian dinar, at par. This was then pegged to the reichsmark at a rate of 20:1. Coins of the denominations 50 para and 1, 2 and 10 dinara were issued. At the end of the war, this currency formed the basis of the federation dinar (worth 20 Serbian dinars), the new national currency of Yugoslavia.
===Croatia===
Croatia was a state of Germany and a Protectorate of Italy for the war years, and covered the state Croatia as well as those of Bosnia and Hercegovina. The kuna was introduced as the national currency, replacing the dinar on par. The exchange rate was set at 20 kune to the reichsmark. Coins of 1 and 2 kune were issued, but the 1 kuna coins are very rare today. The kuna was replaced by the federation dinar at the end of the war, at a rate of 40 to 1.
===Montenegro===
Montenegro was a puppet state of Italy for most of the war, and used the Italian lire.
Thanks
Catalogue referee for British, English and Scottish coins.
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You are right in your topic about Serbia! Over the WW2 years they issued new coins similar to German coins! They were made of 100% zinc:
-50 para 1942 - 20 000 000 pieces
-1 dinar 1942 - 50 000 000 pieces
-2 dinara 1942 - 40 000 000 pieces
-10 dinara 1943 - 50 000 000 pieces
the letters was Cirilic!
In Croatia during WW2 was a bit different situation, while the Serbia was under occupation in Croatia was declared independence (NDH-independent state of Croatia) but still strongly controlled by Germans and Italians!
They issued:
-1 kuna 1941 (mostly overmelted, very rare) zinc
-2 kune 1941 - zinc - 1 750 000 pieces
-some 500 kuna pieces are also known to be and they were 90% gold
-a lot of trial strikes are also known to be!
Interesting about 2 kune is that it is with year 1941 but was released in 1944
Montenegro had no coins of their own, they used Italian occupation curency. Banknotes were overstamped "VERIFICATO"
I hope this helps you!