Silver, Croatia, Nikola Tesla, 150 Kuna

Silver, Croatia, Nikola Tesla, 150 Kuna

The pelt of the Kuna, the small weasel-like forest marten, served as money in the Middle Ages, hence the name of Croatias pre-Euro currency. The Kuna was divided into 100 Lipa, meaning Linden tree.

Obverse, Nikola Tesla, 1856-1943.

Tesla was an ethnic Serb born in 1856 in the Austro-Hungarian frontier town of Smiljan, now in Croatia. Hence both Serbia and Croatia claim him as their own.

Reverse, Republika Hrvatska-Croatian Republic, 2006, 150 Kuna, surrounding Teslas induction motor.

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