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  • 2 Pare 1904, KM# 23, Serbia, Kingdom, Petar I Karađorđević
  • 2 Pare 1904, KM# 23, Serbia, Kingdom, Petar I Karađorđević
Description

Peter I (Serbian: Петар; 1844–1921) reigned as the last King of Serbia (1903–1918) and as the first King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1921). Since he was the king of Serbia during a period of great Serbian military success, he was remembered by Serbian people as King Peter the Liberator, and also known as Old King.

Obverse

Depicts the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918) in a circle of pearls.

The coat of arms consists of two main heraldic symbols which represent the national identity of the Serbian people across the centuries, the crowned Serbian eagle (a white double-headed eagle adopted from the Nemanjić dynasty) and the Serbian cross.

The Serbian cross, a national symbol of Serbia, based on the tetragrammic cross emblem/flag of the Byzantine Palaiologos dynasty. It is composed of a cross symbol with four stylized letters "S" (С) in Cyrillic on each of its corners, heraldically referred-to as "firesteels", which historically originate as the Greek letters beta (β–Β).

Reverse

Denomination in the center surrounded by legend "Kingdom of Serbia" and date.

КРАЉЕВИНА СРБИЈА 1904
2
★ ПАРЕ ★

Edge
Characteristics
Material Bronze
Weight 1.96 g
Diameter 20 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Medal

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