Decision on the Issue of Gold Commemorative Coins to Mark the 200th Anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising

Official Gazette of RS, No. 65/2004 Pursuant to Article 21(1) of the Law on the National Bank of Serbia (The Official Gazette of the RS, Nos. 72/2003 and 55/2004) and in connection with the Decision on Determining the 200th Anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising as an Event to Be Marked by the Issue of Commemorative Coins in 2004 (The Official Gazette of the RS, No. 51/2004), the Governor of the National Bank of Serbia hereby passes a DECISION ON THE ISSUE OF GOLD COMMEMORATIVE COINS TO MARK THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FISRT SERBIAN UPRISING

1. The National Bank of Serbia shall issue gold commemorative coins in denominations 10,000 dinars and 5,000 dinars to mark the 200th anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising.
2. The National Bank of Serbia shall issue the commemorative coins referred to in Section 1 of the present Decision totaling 22,500,000 dinars in nominal value in the following quantities and denominations:

1. 1,000 coins in denomination of 10,000 dinars totaling 10,000,000 dinars;
2. 2,500 coins in denomination of 5,000 dinars totaling 12,500,000 dinars.

3. The commemorative 900/1000 gold coins referred to in Section 1 of the present Decision shall be struck in a special proof technique with a highly polished mirror finish background contrasted against a matte finish on the raised parts of the design and shall have the following weight and diameter:

1. the ones in denomination of 10,000 dinars shall be 8.640 grams in weight and 25 mm in diameter;
2. the ones in denomination of 5,000 dinars shall be 3.455 grams in weight and 20 mm in diameter. Positive tolerance on weight for each commemorative coin referred to in Section 1 of the present Decision shall be expressed in pro mille above the weight referred to in paragraph 1 of this Section.

4. The obverse of the coins referred to in Section 1 of the present Decision shall bear the effigy of Karađorđe in the center with the semicircular inscription reading íí Đorđe PetrovićñKarađorđeííin Cyrillic lettering. Below the central image there shall be given the dot separated indication of the years of his birth and death.

5. The reverse of the coins referred to in Section 1 of the present Decision shall bear as a central image the two-headed eagle with the crown and the shield bearing four ocilo signs (or firesteels), the most frequent motif on the majority of coat of arms throughout the Serbian history. To the left from the crown there shall be an indication of the year íí1804íí and to the right the year íí2004íí. The semicircular inscription ííRepublika Srbijaíí both in Cyrillic and Latin lettering separated by a dot shall be given around the coat of arms. Below it the numerical indication of a corresponding nominal value shall be appearing above the dot separated inscription íídinaraíí written in both Cyrillic and Latin lettering.

6. The coins referred to in Section 1 of the present Decision shall have milled edge.

7. The coins referred to in Section 1 of the present Decision shall be offered for sale at prices fixed by the National Bank of Serbia.

8. This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Gazette of the RS. D. No. 36 Governor June 8, 2004 of the National Bank of Serbia Belgrade Radovan Jelasic