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02.07.2019.
This year the National Bank of Serbia marks its 135th anniversary since 2 July 1884, when it officially began to operate under the name of the Privileged National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, as a joint stock company, which later grew into the central bank of the Republic of Serbia and one of the key institutions in the country.
This year marks another anniversary, namely 90 years since the establishment of the Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes and Coins – Topčider, as well as 15 years of the Visitor Centre.
On this occasion, the NBS is organising an exhibition themed “A Selection of Art Work – 135 Years of the NBS”, which will be open for the broader public from 4 to 27 July at the showroom in the Slavija building, Nemanjina 17. The exhibition comprises works of 20th century art, made by prominent Serbian painters occupying an important place in the history of Serbian and Yugoslav art.
After the liberation from Turks, at a time when the Serbian state entered a new era and founded some of the key government and cultural institutions, the Serbian monetary system was characterised by a lack of the national tender and the use of as many as 43 different tenders of other countries. Hence a need emerged to establish a central bank, which took place three decades later with the establishment of the Privileged National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia in 1884. The Bank was modelled after the Belgian national bank, which was viewed as a paragon of a modern banking institution at the time.
The NBS has had a long and bright tradition and since the very start it has been located in the very heart of Belgrade, first in Knez Mihailova Street and later in an even more presentable new building in Kralja Petra Street, which is still its head location.
Until 1920 the Bank operated as a lending institution, and as of 1931 it was entrusted with new functions – monetary and lending policies. Reflecting the change in the country’s name, in 1929 it was renamed into the National Bank of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Its primary and key task became taking charge of money and maintaining its stability.
During World War II, the Bank operated from its representative office in London. In September 1946, it was nationalized and operated under the name of the National Bank of Yugoslavia.
Pursuant to the Law on the Implementation of the Constitutional Charter of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, effective as of 4 February 2003, the National Bank of Yugoslavia continued to operate as a government institution of the Republic of Serbia, under the name of the National Bank of Serbia.
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