A friend of mine got back from Bosnia this week. He gave me these 2 coins, he brought back in his pocket change. do not see much Bosnian kcoinage here on this side of the pond.
Yep Mat, but one must remember thousands were being slain by "ethnic cleansing" at the time. So I cut them some slack.
Nothing to forgive Mat. We all were young once.... Unfortunatly for me it was a long....long....long time ago.
What is kind of funny, or at least interesting particularly from a German POV, is the names of the currency units. The "KM" on the coins is short for Konvertibilna Marka (1 KM = 100 Feninga) which reminds of the German Mark and Pfennig. And not just accidentally; the KM was first pegged (1:1) to the DM, and since January 1999 it has been pegged to the euro at the same 1:1.95583 rate as the DM ... Christian
Yep Christian and an ECU is also the ole French silver piece Ecu. Be nice if someone else would post some modern Bosnia currency and coinage.
Well, the ECU was the abbreviation of "European Currency Unit", but in France and Belgium for example the English abbreviation did indeed look like the old coin name "écu". As for modern Bosnian coins and notes, the ones you got from your friend are pretty much current pieces. Here is the full list from the central bank: http://www.cbbh.ba/index.php?id=19&lang=en (Click on a small image to see a larger version.) Christian
Thanks Christian, I wonder why the EU has not let Bosnia into the union. Seems a little mean not to let yhem in after all they have been through..
These things take their time. Slovenia became a member state a couple of years ago (and is now a euro country as well). Among the neighbors, Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro have the "candidate" status, ie. are in membership negotiations. Others, such as Albania, Serbia and also Bosnia and Herzegovina, are considered to be "potential candidates". The European Union is quite a bit more than a loose club, and it is not just a customs union either. So in order to become part of the EU, a country needs to do quite a bit of restructuring, in terms of both economic and political structures ... Christian
Interesting coins Ripley, especially the bimetallic coins. The early notes were kind of bland, but as you said, since the Sarajevo government was under siege, esthetics weren't a prime concern. Here are a few from my collection. The first three were from the medieval period, and the last is a proof form the early republic. I'm listing the names of the rulers for which the first three coins were issued under. 1) Ban: Stjepan Kotromanic II (1322-1353 AD) 2) King: Stjepan Tvrtko Kotromanic II (1420-1443 AD) 3) King: Stjepan Tomasevic Kotromanic (1461-1463 AD) BOSNIA (BANATE)~AR Dinar 1322-1353 AD BOSNIA (KINGDOM)~AR Grosh 1420-1443 AD BOSNIA (KINGDOM)~AR Dinar 1461-1463 AD BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINA (REPUBLIC)~14 ECUS + 2 ECUS 1993
Great stuff Zan, as always. the medievils are a reminder of a Christian Bosnia, while the modern shows the Muslim present. Thanks again.
