1 kuna CROATIA (1994)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
22.5 mm	5.0 g	1.7 mm	Cu₆₅₀Ni₂₃₂Zn₁₁₈

obverse:

in the centre in two lines face value: 1 / KUNA; in the background marten facing right; below Croatian Coat of Arms in a wreath of olive branch on the left and cereal ears on the right; along the top edge: REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA (Republic of Croatia)

reverse:

in the centre a nightingale standing left; along the top edge: LUSCINNIA MEGARHYNCHOS (nightingale in Latin); along the bottom edge year of issue: 1994.

edge:

reeded (86 serrations)

issue date:

15 VII 1995

withdrawal date:

still circulating

designer:

Kuzma Kovačić (initials KK behind bird's feet on the reverse)

mint:

Hrvatski Novčarski Zavod (Croatian Monetary Institute), Zagreb

mintage:

1994

2 000 133

interesting facts:

The entire mintage of year 1994 was struck with a spelling mistake of the latin name for the common nightingale. Instead of the correct name LUSCINIA an additional letter N appeared to read LUSCINNIA. The mistake was corrected for the 1996 issue.

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: 21 X 2012

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