2000 Serbian Dinara Banknote

2,000 Dinara Dinar (Issued 2011)

The Narodna Banka Srbije — the National Bank of Serbia — is one of the oldest central banks in the Balkans, tracing its institutional origins to 1884 and serving as the sole authority responsible for monetary policy, currency issuance, and financial stability in the Republic of Serbia. By 2011, the bank had firmly established the Serbian dinar as the country’s sovereign currency following the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia and the independence of Serbia, issuing a modern series of banknotes designed to reflect both national heritage and contemporary security standards. The 2011 issue of the 2,000 dinara note represents the bank’s commitment to honouring distinguished Serbian scientific figures through finely crafted currency art. As the issuing institution named directly on the note, the Narodna Banka Srbije lends this denomination its full monetary authority and legal tender status.

On the front, the dominant feature is a finely engraved portrait of Milutin Milanković (1879–1958), the celebrated Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and climatologist best known for his astronomical theory of climate change and the Milankovitch cycles. His name and dates are printed in small text beneath the portrait on the left-hand side of the note, and the engraving renders his face in precise intaglio line work set against a pale grey and beige background. To the right of the portrait, a secondary vignette depicts Milanković seated at a desk, working — rendered in a softer, ghost-like manner typical of security printing. The large bold numeral “2000” appears prominently in orange-brown tones in the upper right area of the note, accompanied by the text “две хиљаде динара” (two thousand dinara) written in Cyrillic script diagonally across the centre. The words “НАРОДНА БАНКА СРБИЈЕ” (Narodna Banka Srbije) run vertically in Cyrillic along the left edge in dark print, while “НАРОДНА БАНКА СРБИЈЕ” also appears horizontally in the upper right in Latin script. A guilloché pattern of fine interlocking lines fills the background in pale olive, ochre, and blue-grey tones, providing a complex anti-counterfeiting texture. A security thread is embedded vertically through the lower-left portion of the note, visible as a dark embedded strip. In the lower centre, a holographic or colour-shifting circular element bearing the numeral “2000” is visible, displaying iridescent qualities consistent with optically variable ink. A small ornate rosette motif appears in the upper right corner alongside the denomination, rendered in rich brown. The issuing authority name and denomination text are printed in both Cyrillic and Latin scripts, reflecting Serbia’s bilingual typographic standard on currency.

The reverse of the 2,000 dinara note is dominated by a full-length engraved portrait of Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), the world-renowned Serbian-American inventor and electrical engineer, depicted standing in a formal dark suit with a composed and authoritative bearing. Behind Tesla, a large circular diagram resembling a polar or azimuthal projection map fills the central field, rendered in fine blue-grey engraving with meridian lines radiating outward, evoking both cartographic and scientific imagery consistent with Tesla’s work on electromagnetic fields and global systems. To the lower right, a sphere or globe element is visible, adding further scientific context. The text “две хиљаде динара” and “dve hiljade dinara” appear in both Cyrillic and Latin scripts above the central design, with the issuing institution and printing works reference “НАРОДНА БАНКА СРБИЈЕ – ЗАВОД ЗА ИЗРАДУ НОВЧАНИЦА И КОВАНОГ НОВЦА – ТОПЧИДЕР” printed in small type along the lower margin. The large numeral “2000” is repeated in orange-brown in the lower left, and the serial number “AA 0006669” appears in red print twice — once in the upper left area and once vertically along the right edge — in a clean, modern sans-serif typeface. The Serbian national coat of arms, featuring the double-headed eagle, is printed in the upper left corner in full heraldic detail. Above the main design field, the place and year of issue — “БЕОГРАД, 2011” (Belgrade, 2011) — are printed alongside a signature of the Governor of the National Bank of Serbia. The overall colour palette of the reverse combines warm ochre, steel blue, and olive green, unified by the intricate guilloché background patterns that fill the margins and borders with fine-line security printing.

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