Currency of Croatia 20 Kuna banknote 2001
Croatian National Bank - Narodna Banka Hrvatske
Obverse: a portrait of Josip Jelačić (1801-1859), a Croatian ban who defended Croatian autonomy from the Hungarians.
Reverse: the castle of Count Eltz in Vukovar and the Vučedol dove, a ceramic cult vessel in the form of a bird.
Date on the banknote: 7 March 2001.
Watermark: a portrait of Josip Jelačić, displayed on the left side of the banknote, in the central part of the blank area, visible when the banknote is viewed against the light.
Date of putting into circulation: 16 August 2001.
Dimensions: 130 mm x 65 mm.
Print: the base is printed in multicoloured offset with an iridescent effect; the main motif, latent image, marking for the visually impaired and microtext are printed in intaglio and the inscriptions are embossed; the intaglio and embossed prints are perceptible by touch.
Paper: toned, with embedded fluorescent fibres, a multitonal positioned watermark and security thread.
Main colour: red.
Security thread: embedded on the left from the portrait, appears on the banknote surface in several small reflective silver rectangles featuring the inscription "20 HRK" and becomes fully visible when the banknote is viewed against the light.
Latent image: the hidden inscription "KUNA", visible in the vertical rectangle positioned along the right edge of the banknote when the banknote is tilted while held flat.
Iridescent colour: on the high-gloss rectangular patch, positioned between the portraits and the right edge of the banknote, and on the high-gloss rectangular patches positioned above and below the watermark, along the upper and lower edges of the banknote, featuring fragmented images of the Vučedol dove; when the banknote is tilted under the light, the iridescent colour on the base changes from silver to gold.
See-through register: a square positioned next to the coat of arms of the Republic of Croatia, bordered by the inscriptions "20 KUNA"; triangular elements of the see-through register on the obverse and reverse of the banknote match when the banknote is viewed against the light, forming letter "H".
UV: some colours on the base fluoresce under ultraviolet light; the series and serial number designation fluoresces green; the security thread iridesces.
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Josip Jelačić
Count Josip Jelačić of Bužim (16 October 1801 – 20 May 1859; also spelled Jellachich, Jellačić or Jellasics; in German: Joseph Graf Jelačić von Bužim) was the Ban of Croatia between 23 March 1848 and 19 May 1859. He was a member of the House of Jelačić and a noted army general, remembered for his military campaigns during the Revolutions of 1848 and for his abolition of serfdom in Croatia.
Eltz Manor
Eltz Manor (Croatian: Dvorac Eltz, German: Schloss Eltz) is a Baroque castle in Vukovar, Croatia. The 18th century manor is the location of the Vukovar City Museum. The manor, as it previously appeared, is depicted on the reverse of the Croatian 20 kuna banknote, issued in 1993 and 2001. After four years of restorations, it was completely restored to its pre-war appearance in October 2011. Eltz Manor is situated at an elevation of 88 m.
In 1736 Philipp Karl von Eltz-Kempenich (1665–1743), the Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire and Prince-Archbishop of Mainz, had purchased Vukovar manor in the eastern Kingdom of Slavonia (Syrmia), then part of the Habsburg Monarchy ruled by Emperor Charles VI. The castle was originally built between the period of 1749 to 1751 by the Archchancellor's descendants of the German Catholic noble House of Eltz and was gradually extended over time. The estates near the Military Frontier were however exposed to raids by Ottoman troops but also by local Hajduk paramilitary forces.
After the Yugoslav Partisans had gained control over the country in late World War II, the manor was confiscated by the communist administration of Yugoslavia in 1944, and the family of Jakob Graf zu Eltz was forced to leave Vukovar. In 1990, he returned from Eltville to the newly established state of Croatia and became a member of the Sabor parliament at Zagreb. Eltz Manor, however, suffered a great deal of damage during the Croatian War of Independence, when it was bombarded by the Yugoslav People's Army during the Battle of Vukovar.
Vučedol culture
The Vučedol culture (Croatian: Vučedolska kultura) flourished between 3000 and 2200 BC (the Eneolithic period of earliest copper-smithing), centered in Syrmia and eastern Slavonia on the right bank of the Danube river, but possibly spreading throughout the Pannonian plain and western Balkans and southward. It was thus contemporary with the Sumer period in Mesopotamia, the Early Dynastic period in Egypt and the earliest settlements of Troy (Troy I and II). Some authors regard it as an Indo-European culture.