Currency of Croatia 200 Kuna banknote 2012
Croatian National Bank - Narodna Banka Hrvatske
Obverse: a portrait of Stjepan Radić (1871-1928), a Croatian politician who was in 1928 assassinated in the Yugoslav parliament for acting against Greater-Serbian hegemony.
Reverse: the building of the Osijek general headquarters, dating from 1726, and the ground plan of the Osijek Fortress.
Date on the banknote: July 9, 2012.
Watermark: a portrait of Stjepan Radić, 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: July 1, 2013.
Dimensions: 142 mm x 71 mm.
Paper: toned, with embedded fluorescent fibres, a multitonal positioned watermark and security thread.
Main colour: brown.
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.
Metallised foil: a kinegram shaped as an elongated quadrangle with slanted edges, partially overprinted with intaglio print; features a portrait of Stjepan Radić in the central part of the foil and optically variable images along the edges; when the banknote is tilted the portrait becomes visible, switching from the left to the right half-profile, and the optically variable images come into view, switching from the denomination numeral "200" to the name of the monetary unit "KUNA" in the lower margin and forming a variety of multicolored spirals in the upper margin.
Iridescent color: on the high-gloss rectangular patch positioned between the portrait and the right edge of the banknote, displaying the denomination numerals "200", printed in negative, 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 building of the Osijek general headquarters, when the banknote is tilted under the light, the iridescent colour on the base changes from silver to pink.
See-through register: a square placed next to the coat of arms of the Republic of Croatia, bordered by the inscriptions "200 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, and the kinegram edges, fluoresce green.
Croatia Banknotes
1993 - 2012 Issue
Stjepan Radić
Stjepan Radić (11 June 1871 – 8 August 1928) was a Croatian politician and the founder of the Croatian People's Peasant Party (Hrvatska pučka seljačka stranka) in 1905. Radić is credited with galvanizing the peasantry of Croatia into a viable political force. Throughout his entire career, he was opposed to the union and, later, Serb hegemony in the first Yugoslavia and became an important political figure in that country. He was shot in parliament by the Serbian radical politician Puniša Račić. Radić died several weeks later from a serious stomach wound at the age of 57. This assassination further alienated the Croats and the Serbs.
Palace of Slavonian General Command
Palace of Slavonian General Command (Croatian: Palača Slavonske Generalkomande) is a building of former Generalship (Generalat) for the Slavonian Military Frontier located in Osijek. Today it is the seat of University of Osijek Rectorate.
It is located on the northern side of the St.Trinity square in Tvrđa.
It was designed by currently unknown architect and built between 1724 and 1726. The second floor was upgraded in 1765. The architectural style of the building is a synthesis of a Renaissance and Baroque style.
The building stands out with its monumental Renaissance facade and a typical Baroque main entrance in the middle. The entrance has twin pillars on each side and is decorated with Atlantid columns which are supporting the 1st floor balcony. On the inside of the main entrance nexus, it is divided by columns in three parts. Two great main stairways lead to the first floor of the building. Originally the building had arcades facing the inner courtyard but they were later walled up. The General Command building is considered one of the most significant and important examples of Baroque architecture in Croatia.
It was built on the orders of Prince Eugene of Savoy as Military Headquarters. From 1736 to 1786 it was the seat of the General Command. From 1736 to 1745 it was also the seat of the Kingdom of Slavonia administration.