Moneta's Temple and Gallery

Serbia - 50 Para 1915 (a)

Moneta — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 17:33:06 -0500

by: Moneta

Description: There a few mysteries, at least for me, to found in this World War One (WWI) era 50 Para piece. Checking KM's SCWC you'll find five different varieties listed. As best as I can determine this is KM# 24.3. That makes it a silver, with designers name, and privy marks (a, cornucopia, Paris) and coin alignment. Then there's also a KM# 24.5 with all the same attributes except the description says designers signature. Both types are listed with no values. Others varieties are shown with values indicating common strikes to much scarcer availability.

Serbia - 20 Para 1917

Moneta — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 16:06:40 -0400

by: Moneta

Description: I had to conclude there were no coin issues for 1914, the beginning of the Great War (WWI). I settled for a 1917, deep into the war and the huge hardships of the Serbian people at the hands of Austro-Hungarians and Bulgarians. The assassination in Sarajevo of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, by a Serbian nationalist was followed by violent anti-Serb demonstrations of angry Croats and Muslims in the city during the evening of 28 June 1914 and for much of the following day. This happened because most Croats and many Muslims considered the archduke the best hope for the establishment of a South Slav political entity within the Habsburg Empire. The crowd directed its anger principally at shops owned by ethnic Serbs and the residences of prominent Serbs. [Wikipedia] The Serbian Campaign of World War I was fought from late July 1914, when Austria-Hungary invaded the Kingdom of Serbia at the outset of World War I, until the war's conclusion in November 1918. The front ranged from the Danube River to southern Macedonia and back north again, and it drew in forces from almost all the combatants of the war. The Serbian Army declined severely towards the end of the war, falling from about 420,000 at its peak to about 100,000 at the moment of liberation. The Kingdom of Serbia lost more than 1,200,000 inhabitants during the war (both army and civilian losses), which represented over 29% of its overall population and 60% of its male population. According to estimates prepared by the Yugoslav government in 1924, Serbia lost 265,164 soldiers, or 25% of all mobilized people. By comparison, France lost 16.8%, Germany 15.4%, Russia 11.5%, and Italy 10.3%. [Wikipedia]

SERBIA (REPUBLIC)~5,000 Dinara 2004

Zantetsuken — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:37:07 -0400

by: Zantetsuken

Description: Bicentennial of the First Serbian Insurrection~ Grand Vožd: Đorđe Petrović Karađorđe *RARE*

SERBIA (PRINCIPALITY)~5 Dinara 1879

Zantetsuken — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:33:07 -0400

by: Zantetsuken

SERBIA (PRINCIPALITY)~1 Para 1868

Zantetsuken — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:31:40 -0400

by: Zantetsuken

Description: ERROR: Srbski spelled with 'Ћ' instead of 'Б' *RARE*

SERBIA (KINGDOM)~5 Para 1984

Zantetsuken — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:27:16 -0400

by: Zantetsuken

SERBIA (KINGDOM)~5 Jubilee Dinara 1904

Zantetsuken — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:25:23 -0400

by: Zantetsuken

Description: Centennial of the Karadjordjevic Dynasty

SERBIA & BOSNIA (KINGDOM)~10 Dinara 1981

Zantetsuken — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:23:08 -0400

by: Zantetsuken

Description: Silver proof: Obrenovich Family in Exile

SERBIA & BOSNIA (KINGDOM)~5 Dinara 1982

Zantetsuken — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:21:49 -0400

by: Zantetsuken

Description: Silver proof: Obrenovich Family in Exile

SERBIA (2nd KINGDOM)~20 Para 1883

Zantetsuken — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:03:11 -0400

by: Zantetsuken

SERBIA (REPUBLIC)~1,000 Dinara 2006

Zantetsuken — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:55:03 -0400

by: Zantetsuken

Description: Silver Proof~150th Birthday of Nikola Tesla

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SERBIA (PRINCIPALITY)~5 Para 1868

Zantetsuken — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:18:54 -0400

by: Zantetsuken