Obverse. Photo © NumisCorner.com
  • 20 Dinara 2010, KM# 61, Serbia, Republic, 160th Anniversary of Birth of Đorđe Vajfert
  • 20 Dinara 2010, KM# 61, Serbia, Republic, 160th Anniversary of Birth of Đorđe Vajfert
Description

Đorđe Vajfert (1850–1937) was a Serbian industrialist, Governor of the National Bank of Serbia and later Yugoslavia. In addition, he is considered the founder of the modern mining sector in Serbia and a great benefactor. His portrait appears on a Serbian 1000 Dinara banknote.

In 2010, when promoting the new circulation coin, 100 coins in the vacuum package were given to journalists and promotion guests.

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 Đorđe Vajfert, value on the left and above, name, dates of birth and death, on the right, date of issue below.

ДИНАРА-DINARA
20
2010
1850-1937
ЂОРЂЕ ВАЈФЕРТ

Edge

5 reeded segments with 19 reeds each

20 Dinara

1st Coat of Arms

160th Anniversary of Birth of Đorđe Vajfert

KM# 61
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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