KUNA: COIN OF CROATIA
2 kune (singular — kuna), 1941: Independent State of Croatia
The Independent State of Croatia — during WWII a puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. It was established in parts of occupied Yugoslavia on 1941. Its territory consisted of most of modern-day Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as some parts of modern-day Serbia and Slovenia.
2 KUNE - 1941.
Braided ornamentation.
NEZAVISNA DRŽAVA HRVATSKA: Independent State of Croatia ("NDH").
The coat of arms of the NDH of 1941-1945 (a shield with 25 squares and the emblem of the Ustashas /Croatian: "Ustaše"/ — a Croatian fascist organization).
Engraver: Ivo Kerdić.
- Zinc: 19 mm - 2.25 g
- Reference price: 18$
COIN KUNA — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA (1941): kuna = 100 banica + REPUBLIC OF CROATIA (1994-2022): kuna = 100 lipa
The name of the Croatian currency kuna comes from the ancient tradition of using marten ("kuna" in Croatian) fur as money in Slavic lands.
By the way, a variety of coins were called kuna in the Russian lands for a long time (until the 15th century).
