The NBS Head Office Building was built from 1888 – 1890, on the basis of blueprints designed by Konstantin Jovanovic (Vienna 1849 – Zurich 1923), son to distinguished artist Anastas Jovanovic...
Main motifs on the obverse: Portrait of Vuk Stefanovic Karadžic, his writing kit, and an open book (exhibits from the standing collection of the Museum devoted to Vuk S. Karadžic and Dositej Obradovic) and three letters of modern Serbian alphabet
Main motifs on the reverse: Figure of Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic (photo detail) , participants to the First Slavic Congress held in Prague in 1848 (photo detail) and vignette of letters; great coat-of-arms of the Republic of Serbia in the top left corner of the banknote, against ochre background
Dimensions: 62 x 131 mm
Color: Predominantly ochre-yellow with brown and green tones
Main motifs on the obverse: Portrait of Petar Petrovic Njegoš, with a line sketch of the Cetinje Monastery on the right side
Main motifs on the reverse: Figure of Petar II Petrovic Njegoš, detail from the decorative miniature featured on the first Slavic Octoechos, printed in Cetinje in 1494, mountain range of Komovi; great coat-of-arms of the Republic of Serbia in the top left corner of the banknote, against green background
Dimensions: 64 x 135 mm
Color: Green, ochre-yellow and discretly black
Main motifs on the obverse: Portrait of the composer Stevan Stevanovic Mokranjac, stylized depiction of a part of violin, keyboards and scores from the Mokranjac Legacy
Main motifs on the reverse: Figure of Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac, a motif of Miroslav Gospel illumination, scores; great coat-of-arms of the Republic of Serbia in the top left corner of the banknote, against lilac background
Dimensions: 66 x 139 mm
Color: Violet, ocher hue
Main motifs on the obverse: Portrait of the scientist Nikola Tesla, mathematic formulae for unit of magnetic flux density, image of electric discharge, image of a Tesla’s plant
Main motifs on the reverse: Figure of Nikola Tesla (detail from a photograph kept in his Museum in Belgrade), sketch of Tesla’s electro-magnetic induction engine, “Tesla’s dove”; logo of the National Bank of Serbia/great coat-of-arms of the Republic of Serbia in the top left corner of the banknote, against blue background
Dimensions: 68 x 143 mm
Color: Predominantly light and marine blue, with greenish and ochre-yellow tones
Main motifs on the obverse: Portrait of Nadežda Petrovic, sculpture featuring the artist, silhouette of the Gracanica Monastery, painter's brush
Main motifs on the reverse: Figure of Nadezda Petrovic as a volunteer nurse in the First Balkan War, silhouette of the Gracanica Monastery, part of a composition/ detail from Nadezda Petrovic’s painting; great coat-of-arms of the Republic of Serbia against gray-blue background in the top left corner of the banknote
Dimensions: 70 x 147 mm
Color: Predominantly amber red and brown with blue tones
Main motifs on the obverse: Portrait of Jovan Cvijic, geographer
Main motifs on the reverse: Image of Jovan Cvijić, stylized ethno motives; logo of the National Bank of Serbia/great coat-of-arms of the Republic of Serbia against green background, in the top left corner of the banknote
Dimensions: 70 x 147 mm
Color: Blue-green tones, with greenish and yellowish colors
Main motifs on the obverse: Portrait of Ðorde Vajfert, an outline of Vajfert's beer brewery, hologram image of St. Djordje slaying a dragon
Main motifs on the reverse: Image of Ðorde Vajfert seated, details from the interior of the National Bank's Main Building, image of a medal; logo of the National Bank of Serbia/great coat-of-arms of the Republic of Serbia in the top left corner, against redish background
Dimensions: 72 x 151 mm
Color: Predominantly bright red, with yellowish and gray-blue tones
Main motifs on the obverse: Portrait of Milutin Milanković; in the central part: the figure of Milutin Milankovic sitting at his work desk; presented below: the graphic presentation of his calculations of movement of the snow line for the past portion of the Quarternary of 600000 years
Main motifs on the reverse: Figure of Milutin Milanković, a fragment of a stylised presentation of the sun disk; in the central part: presentation of Milanković’s work “The Path of the North Celestial Pole”; great coat-of-arms of the Repubic of Serbia in the top left corner, against olive background
Dimensions: 74 x 155 mm
Color: Predominantly grey-olive with yellowish-orange and blue nuances
Main motifs on the obverse: Portrait of Slobodan Jovanovic
Main motifs on the reverse: Image of Slobodan Jovanovic, silhouette of the Federal Parliament and a detail from the interior of the Parliament building; logo of the National Bank of Serbia/ great coat-of-arms of the Republic of Serbia in the top left corner, against mauve background
Dimensions: 76 x 159 mm
Color: Predominantly green, with violet and gray-yellow tones