| FEATURES OF KUNA BANKNOTES |
THE 200 KUNA
BANKNOTE
Issue 7 March 2002
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| Date of putting into circulation: | 12 August 2002. |
| Dimensions: | 142 mm x 71 mm. |
OBVERSE |
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| Paper: | toned, with embedded fluorescent fibres, a multitonal positioned watermark and security thread. |
| Main colour: | brown. |
| Main motif: | a portrait of Stjepan Radiæ (1871-1928), a Croatian politician who was in 1928 assassinated in the Yugoslav parliament for acting against Greater-Serbian hegemony. |
| 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 Radiæ 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. |
| Watermark: | a portrait of Stjepan Radiæ, 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. |
| 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. |
REVERSE
| Date on the banknote: | 7 March 2002. |
| Main colour: | brown. |
| Main motif: | the building of the Osijek general headquarters, dating from 1726, and the ground plan of the Osijek Fortress. |
| Print: | multicoloured offset with an iridescent effect. |
| Watermark: | a portrait of Stjepan Radiæ, displayed on the right side of the banknote in the central part of the blank area, visible when the banknote is viewed against the light. |
| Security thread: | embedded on the left from the gateway of the building of the Osijek general headquarters, appears on the banknote surface in several small reflective silver rectangles featuring the inscription "200 HRK" and becomes fully visible when the banknote is viewed against the light. |
| See-through register: | a square in the upper right corner of the banknote drawing, 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 place and date of issue and Governor's facsimile signature fluoresce ochre, the security thread iridesces under ultraviolet light. |
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