Yugoslavia 1920 5 para

Steve Album sale 51, lot 3357

This specimen was lot 3357 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "YUGOSLAVIA: Peter I, 1918-1921, 5 para, 1920, a lovely example, PCGS graded MS63." In 1920, the country was still titled the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and was not named Yugoslavia until 1929. This zinc ten para was accompanied by a ten para (KM 2) and twenty-five para (KM 3). It was demonetized in 1932. This example realized thirteen times the catalog value.

Recorded mintage: 3,825,514 at Vienna.

Specifications: 2.6 g, zinc, 18.8 mm diameter, plain edge, engraved by Joseph Prinz.

Catalog reference: KM-1.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links:

• 1920 10 para
• 1920 25 para
• 1925 50 para, Brussels mint
• 1925 dinar, Brussels mint
• 1925 dinar, Poissy mint
• 1925 2 dinara, Brussels mint
• 1925 2 dinara, Poissy mint
• 1925 20 dinara
• Coins and currency dated 1920