Yugoslavia 1925(b) 2 dinara
The first specimen was lot 1240 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $180. The catalog description[1] noted, "YUGOSLAVIA: Alexander I, 1921-1934, 2 dinara, 1925(b), struck at the Brussels Mint, one-year type, superb luster with attractive light toning, NGC graded MS66." The second specimen was lot 3311 in the same sale, where it sold for $180. The catalog description[1] noted, "YUGOSLAVIA: Alexander I, 1921-1934, 2 dinara, 1925(b), struck at the Brussels Mint, one-year type, superb luster! NGC graded MS65." In 1925, the country was still titled the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and was not named Yugoslavia until 1929. The monarchy collapsed under Nazi occupation and the country was reformed as a people's republic under Josip Tito after World War Two.
Recorded mintage: 29,500,000 plus 25,004,177 struck in France.
Specification: nickel-bronze, 27 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-6.
- 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 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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