FINANCIAL LITERACY CRO TEŠ History of money in my country 3

The history of money in my country

by SARA BOH 2.C Treca ekonomska skola, Zagreb ERASMUS+: My Financial Future in My Hands

History of the Croatian money •

Croats had minted replicas of Byzantine coins

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In 1102, Croatia entered into alliance with Hungary and then Herceg Andrija minted the silver denar and half – denar and they were called Croatian frisatic

• The most famous Croatian money was banovac (1235. – 1384.)

• They were minted from fine silver in the mints in Zagreb and Pakrac

• The most beautiful money were Grochen and Talir

• The first Croatian paper money was the assignat of the City of Pag – 1778.

• 1848. – copper križar and silver forint

The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes • In 1918. the coins denominated at 5, 10 and 25 para depicted the Croatian coat of arms on the reverse

Croatian kuna and lipa

• The first versions of the kuna banknotes were on October 31, 1993.

• Animal used for Croatian currency is called kuna and it’s fluffy and cute animal and her’s fur was used for paying taxes • Unlike the middle ages kuna is no longer an animal fur which is used for trading, she is currency.