20 lipa CROATIA (from 1994)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
18.5 mm	2.9 g	1.6 mm	Fe₉₅Ni₅ (steel Ni-plated)

obverse:

in the centre in two lines face value: 20 / LIPA; in the background leaves of linden; below Croatian Coat of Arms; along the top edge: REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA (Republic of Croatia); along the bottom edge an early-Croatian braided ornament

reverse:

in the centre an olive branch; along the top edge: OLEA EUROPAEA (olive in Latin); along the bottom edge even year of issue followed by a dot

edge:

plain

issue date:

15 VII 1995

withdrawal date:

still circulating

designer:

Kuzma Kovačić (initials KK with concave letters on an olive leaf at the right edge of the reverse)

mint:

Hrvatski Novčarski Zavod (Croatian Monetary Institute), Zagreb

mintage:

1994	2 072 862
1996	2 000 000
1998	2 000 000
2000	2 000 000
2002	2 000 000
2004	2 000 000
2006	2 000 000
2008	2 000 000
2010	2 000 000
2012	2 000 000
2014	1 800 000

interesting facts:

On the obverses of circulation coins Croats are presenting their nature described in Croatian for odd years of issue or in Latin for even years of issue.

last update: 13 XII 2014

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