Yugoslavia 500,000,000,000 Dinara 1993 P-137 AUNC – 500 Billion

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Five hundred billion dinara — 500,000,000,000 — on one note. This is the highest denomination ever issued by Yugoslavia, printed in 1993 during one of the worst hyperinflations in world history, and it comes in nearly uncirculated condition.

⚡ Extreme Index: 8.7 / 10
Why it’s extreme: The largest note Yugoslavia ever issued — twelve zeros, printed weeks before the dinar collapsed entirely.

• History & drama (30%): 9.5/10
• Scarcity (25%): 3/10 (Numista rarity index 13/100)
• Wow factor (20%): 9/10
• Age (15%): 4/10
• Condition (10%): 8/10

Hyperinflation rule applied: notes from history’s great hyperinflations score between 8.0 and 9.4.

The Extreme Index is Extreme Banknotes’ own collector score based on history, scarcity, curiosity, age and condition — it is not a valuation or investment rating.

📦 Included Banknote(s):

1. 1993 Yugoslavia 500,000,000,000 Dinara (P-137)

📖 History and Significance:
Under UN sanctions and war in the early 1990s, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia financed itself by printing money. Inflation peaked in January 1994 at about 313 million percent per month — prices doubled roughly every 34 hours — making it the second-worst hyperinflation ever recorded after Hungary in 1946. The 500 billion dinara note appeared in December 1993 as the largest note in the country’s history, but it was worth only a few dollars within days. On 1 January 1994 a new dinar replaced the old one at a rate of one billion to one, and the note was demonetised.

🎨 Design Details:
The obverse shows Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833–1904), the beloved Serbian poet, satirist and children’s writer, beside the twelve-zero value and the bank monogram in a swirling ribbon. The reverse shows the modernist building of the National Library of Serbia in Belgrade, with the value written out as “Pet stotina milijardi dinara” and the place and date “Beograd 1993”.

🔍 Numismatic Features:

• Size: 151 x 72 mm

• Material: Paper

• Type: Hyperinflation Banknote

• Currency: Yugoslav Dinar (1993 “October dinar”)

• Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

• Issuing Authority: National Bank of Yugoslavia (Narodna Banka Jugoslavije)

• Date: 1993

• Printer: ZIN (Zavod za izradu novčanica), Belgrade

✅ Condition Guide:
AUNC (About Uncirculated). An About Uncirculated note looks almost new: crisp paper, bright original colours and sharp corners, with at most a single light fold, corner flick or minor handling mark from counting. Because we hold multiple quantities in inventory, the exact serial numbers and specific wear patterns will vary. This condition guide represents our overall quality standard rather than the specific flaws of the photographed note.