Obverse. Photo © NumisCorner.com
  • 20 Dinara 2007, KM# 47, Serbia, Republic, 265th Anniversary of Birth of Dositej Obradović
  • 20 Dinara 2007, KM# 47, Serbia, Republic, 265th Anniversary of Birth of Dositej Obradović
Description

Dositej Obradović (1739–1811) was a Serbian writer, biographer, diarist, philosopher, pedagogue, educational reformer, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia. An influential protagonist of the Serbian national and cultural renaissance, he advocated Enlightenment and rationalist ideas, while remaining a Serbian patriot and an adherent of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Both Dositej Obradović and Teodor Janković-Mirijevski viewed teaching as a subject most worthy of study and they are therefore known, each in his own right, as the fathers of pedagogy in Serbia, Austria and Russia. In fact, they were instrumental in making education a separate branch of knowledge, particularly with the advent of the first teachers' colleges in the 18th century.

Obverse

Depicts coat of arms of Serbia (with curved bottom of top crown, 2004–2010) surrounded by the country name (above) and an abbreviation of the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) written in Latin and Cyrillic letters.

The coat of arms of Serbia is a re-introduction of the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918) adopted by the Republic of Serbia in 2004 and later slightly redesigned in 2010. The coat of arms consists of two main heraldic symbols which represent the national identity of the Serbian people across the centuries, the Serbian eagle (a white double-headed eagle adopted from the Nemanjić dynasty) and the Serbian cross. Although Serbia is now a republic, the coat of arms features the royal crown of the former monarchy.

The Serbian cross is a national symbol of Serbia, part of the coat of arms and flag of Serbia, and of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is 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).

РЕПУБЛИКА СРБИЈА-REPUBLIKA SRBIJA
•НБС-NBS•

Reverse

Depicts a portrait of Dositej Obradović, value on the left and above, name, dates of birth and death, on the right, date of issue below.

ДИНАРА-DINARA
20
2007
1742-1811
ДОСИТЕЈ ОБРАДОВИЋ

Edge

5 reeded segments with 19 reeds each

20 Dinara

1st Coat of Arms

265th Anniversary of Birth of Dositej Obradović

KM# 47
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Copper Nickel Zinc
Weight 9 g
Diameter 28 mm
Thickness 2.06 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes and Coins (ZIN)

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