Yugoslavia 1978 1500 dinara
This specimen was lot 75676 in Stack's Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $1,220. The catalog description[1] noted, "YUGOSLAVIA. 1500 Dinara, 1978. PCGS PROOF-66 Deep Cameo. 8th Mediterranean Games at Split issue." Yugoslavia was originally formed out of the wreckage of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War One. The king of Serbia was given the throne and he and his successors ruled uneasily until the Nazi invasion of 1941. Resistance against the Germans spawned numerous partisan guerilla groups, of which the most successful was the Communist Serbs led by Tito, who went on to head the country after the war. His stature may be measured by the fact that he was one of the few to stand up to Stalin in the fifties. Yugoslavia collapsed into a bloody civil war after his death. This NCLT was part of a series which included KM 75 (gold 5000 dinara), KM 74 (gold 2500 dinara), KM 73 (gold 2000 dinara), KM 71 (400 dinara, silver), KM 70 (silver 350 dinara), KM 69 (silver 300 dinara), KM 68 (silver 250 dinara), KM 67 (silver 200 dinara), KM 66 (silver 150 dinara) and KM 65 (silver 100 dinara).
Recorded mintage: 35,000.
Specification: 8.8 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.2546 troy oz AGW, 24 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-13; KM-72.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.
Link to:
- Yugoslavia 1978 5000 dinara, eighth Mediterranean Games at Split
- Coins and currency dated 1978