2012-04-12

Decision on the Issue and Main Features of the 1000-Dinar Banknote

The Governor of the National Bank of Serbia issued a decision to introduce a 1000-dinar banknote featuring the portrait of Đorđe Weifert and his brewery complex. The note incorporates extensive security features including a kinegram, optically variable ink, ultraviolet-fluorescing fibers, and a see-through register. It specifies the banknote's dimensions, printing techniques, and layout details for both the obverse and reverse sides.

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RS Official Gazette, No. 98/2011 Pursuant to Article 18, paragraph 1, item 3, in reference to Article 55, paragraph 1 of the Law on the National Bank of Serbia (RS Official Gazette, Nos 72/2003 55/2004 and 44/2010), Governor of the National Bank of Serbia passes the following DECISION ON THE ISSUE AND MAIN FEATURES OF THE 1000-DINAR BANKNOTE

  1. The National Bank of Serbia shall issue a 1000-dinar banknote.
  2. The 1000-dinar banknote shall be printed in a tinted, secure paper with multi￾tone watermark bearing the image of Đorđe Weifert and an OVD element on the obverse of the banknote (hereinafter: kinegram) placed on the lower part between the portrait and the denomination mark: '1000'. The kinegram elements shall include the denomination value of the banknote '1000' and the stylized image of the central motif of the occasion-marking medal – St. Georg slays a dragon, placed in the central zone of the kinegram, as well as the micro-text reading '1000 dinars' written in the Cyrillic and Latin letters in two concentric circles around the central motif. The outlines of the central motif which widen from the middle towards the borders of the kinegram, and the continuously repeated figure ‘1000’ which narrows towards the borders, complete the entire appearance of the kinegram. Depending on the viewing angle and the angle of the incoming light the kinegram shall form several different images in different colors with the smooth flow from one image to the other. On the reverse of the banknote there shall be embedded the interrupted security thread bearing the micro-lettering reading 'ДИНАР DINAR ’ with the mark ‘ ~ ‘, written both in the Cyrillic and Latin letters continually appearing on the obverse and the reverse of the banknote (the security thread and the micro￾lettering are clearly visible on the reverse, and from the obverse they are visible under the ultra-violet light rendering the banknote transparent). Imbedded in the paper shall also be security fibers in yellow, blue and red color, of which yellow and red fibers fluoresce yellow and red under ultraviolet light. The banknote shall be printed in a combined technique - the obverse in the multicolored intaglio offset printing, whereas the reverse shall be in the multicolored offset printing and the relief printing technique for the numeration elements. The numeration shall contain two letter marks and seven numerical ones and is printed twice on the reverse of the banknote – once in black and once in red. The numeration printed in red is placed in the upper part between the Great Coat-of-Arms of the Republic of Serbia and the denomination mark '1000' in the positive, fluorescing red under ultraviolet rays. The numeration printed in black is placed along the right edge of the fully printed part, above the smaller denomination mark ‘1000’, fluorescing yellow-green under ultraviolet rays.
  3. The 1000-dinar banknote shall have dimensions of 72x151 cm.

RS Official Gazette, No. 98/2011 Obverse of the Banknote 4. The disposition of the banknote shall be horizontal. On the left hand side of the banknote there shall be the portrait of Đorđe Weifert, in the intaglio printing. To the left of the portrait there shall be a line of words in the positive reading 'Đorđe Weifert' both in the Cyrillic and Latin letters and the years of his birth and death: 1850–1937'. To the right of the portrait there shall be a dominant image of the beer brewery complex, ownership of Đorđe Weifert. The denomination mark '1000 is written in the negative, located on the upper upper right hand side of the fully printed part, whereas the one written in the positive is located in the lower part of the white area. The text reading 'National Bank of Serbia' written in the Latin letters shall be printed in two rows on the white area on the right hand side part, whereas the same text shall also appear written in two rows in the Cyrillic letters near the left hand side margin of the banknote as follows: the words 'Narodna banka' in the positive, and the word 'Srbije' in the negative. Above the word 'Srbije' written in Cyrillic letters in the negative, there shall be an intaglio printing mark for the visually impaired persons (two horizontal strips in a rectangular frame). To the left of the word 'Srbije', there shall be the micro￾lettering reading 'NBS' printed in the same technique in both Cyrillic and Latin letters, in six rows. In the upper part of the white area of the banknote, there shall be an optically variable (OVI color) intaglio security element bearing the National Bank of Serbia logo. Depending on the viewing angle, the element shall change its color from magenta (a variation of red color) to green. In the lower right side part of the white area, above the denomination value mark of the banknote reading '1000', there shall be an intaglio kip effect reading the NBS logo. This mark shall be visible only under certain viewing angles (the viewing direction must be in a nearly horizontal line with the banknote, and rotated by 45 degrees to the left/right), providing the image both in negative and in positive. Along the upper and the lower parts of the element, there shall continuously run the micro-text reading 'NBS', in the Cyrillic letter in the upper part and in the Latin letters in the lower part.

RS Official Gazette, No. 98/2011 In the lower part of the banknote, to the left of the denomination mark reading '1000', there shall be a transparent see-through register, featuring a half of an image visible as a whole only if viewed together with the matching half image printed on the reverse of the banknote (the whole picture features a triangle made of two smaller triangles, one of which is printed on the obverse and the other one on the reverse of the banknote). To the right of the number '1000' in negative, there shall be the text reading 'hiljadu dinara' written in the Latin letters in the positive, whereas the same text in the Cyrillic letter shall appear in the negative to the right of the portrait down towards the lower part of the banknote. Along the right hand side edge of the banknote, against the light-red background, there shall appear in Cyrillic and in Latin letters the text: 'Falsifikovanje se kaznjava po zakonu' and in the same line a discrete denomination value mark ‘1000'. The Obverse of the Banknote 5. The disposition shall be vertical. In the central part of the printed area of the banknote, there shall be the portrait of Đorđe Weifert in the sitting posture against the background depicting the interior of the building of the National Bank of Serbia. Below the figure there shall be the central motif of the occasion-marking medal. The denomination mark '1000' printed in the positive shall be adjusted in the upper right hand side corner of the area against the discrete red background, whereas the same mark printed in the negative shall appear in the lower left hand side corner of the fully printed area. In the upper right corner of the fully printed part there is the text “dve hiljade dinara” in Cyrillic letters in the positive, and (below it) in Latin letters in the negative. The lower right part of the white surface contains words in three rows, from up to down in Cyrillic and Latin letters: “Beograd”, “godina” and “guverner” with the designation of the year “2011” in the negative. Below these words there is the signature of governor Dejan Šoškić. The upper and lower edges of the fully printed part contain the text “Narodna banka Srbije – Zavod za izradu novčanica i kovanog novca – Topčider” (the upper text in Cyrillic letters and the lower text in Latin letters). The lower right corner of the fully printed part contains the microlettering “1000 dinara” in the positive, alternately in Cyrillic and Latin letters, in eight rows. The denomination mark “1000” is placed above the microlettering. The upper left corner of the banknote features the Great Coat-of-Arms of the Republic of Serbia against the red background, and this background under the Coat-of-Arms contains the multiplicated number “1000” with a shade, and the microlettering in the lower part. In the upper left hand side part of the banknote, on the border of the white area

RS Official Gazette, No. 98/2011 and the fully printed part, there shall be planted the second part of the see￾through register referred to in paragraph 8, Section 4 of the present Decision. 6. 6. On the reverse and obverse of the banknote, predominant color shall be red in various hues, with the addition of ochre-yellow and greenish-blue hues on the obverse. The ochre-yellow color on both the obverse and reverse of the banknote fluoresces in the yellow color under the ultra-violet lamplight. 7. The present Decision shall come into force on the day of its publication in the RS Official Gazette. Dec. No. 31 Governor 22 December 2011 of the National Bank of Serbia Belgrade Dejan Šoškić