panzerman Posted February 2 · Member Share Posted February 2 Please post your Croatian coins! Mine/ AV 500 Kuna 1941 Zagreb Mint Croatia (Independent State) Ante Pavelič 1941-45 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted February 2 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 2 Nice coin, but not someone whose image I'd want anywhere in my home. 4 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted February 2 · Member Author Share Posted February 2 Thank you Donna. Since I got this coin/ prices have gone up/ way up. This makes no sense/ since its not rare (170 were struck) but probably most were put away/ and are now in collections. One of my lawn clients (moved from Croatia) in 2018 said/ there these sell for 8 k -10 KUS. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted February 2 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 2 3 minutes ago, panzerman said: Thank you Donna. Since I got this coin/ prices have gone up/ way up. This makes no sense/ since its not rare (170 were struck) but probably most were put away/ and are now in collections. One of my lawn clients (moved from Croatia) in 2018 said/ there these sell for 8 k -10 KUS. John He was really not a good guy, but I guess he's still popular in Croatia. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted February 3 · Member Author Share Posted February 3 I have 5 Croatian clients/ most born after 1980. There is an intense hatred towards the Serbs/ I guess the war crimes commited in 1990s by Serbian militias brought this on. I also had a client/ Serbian gentlemen (he worked as a scientist for NASA) fought for Tito's partisans in 1944-45. You could not meet a nicer guy, he told me that he never wanted to hurt any opposing soldiers, just hope the war would end soon. And he did work with rocket specialists from Peenemünde in 50s/ 60s 70s for American space program headed by Wernher von Braun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtisimo Posted February 3 · Supporter Share Posted February 3 Croatia may well be my favorite country in the world. It has wonderfully rich ancient and medieval history and sooo many under-visited cultural sites. When I traveled there a few years ago I was amazed at how universally friendly every single Croatian I met was. I hope I get a chance to visit again someday. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrefn Posted February 3 · Supporter Share Posted February 3 As it happens, today February 3rd is the feast day of Saint Blasius, the patron saint of Ragusa/Dubrovnik, who is featured on @Curtisimo’s coin above. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted February 3 · Member Author Share Posted February 3 That medeval coin/ Saint Blasius is beautifull! Thanks for sharing John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salomons Cat Posted February 3 · Member Share Posted February 3 (edited) 16 hours ago, DonnaML said: Nice coin, but not someone whose image I'd want anywhere in my home. I fully agree. And I certainly cannot give the ‚heart eyes emoji’ to this coin. But especially these parts of history have to be remembered… Edited February 3 by Salomons Cat 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted February 15 · Member Share Posted February 15 I know I'm a bit late to the party, but I recently went to Croatia. It's a beautiful country. Specifically, I went to Dubrovnik - a former prosperous trading hub. Inspired by other users of this Forum, I decided to take a few photos, which I planned to use in a thread about the city (but I never got round to creating the post). Here they are: I also managed to get a quick pic of this little guy! While I was there, it just happened to be Croatian Statehood Day (May 30th); this is a national holiday in Croatia, where the country celebrates it's 1991 declaration of independence from Yugoslavia. On that day, we visited the Island of Lokrum, which is the big island just beyond the Old Town as seen in the last photo. We walked around the whole island before visiting the beach, where we stayed for about 30 minutes. As we were leaving, I saw something in the water, which had been washed up. It turned out to be a coin: The coin is not in great condition but is still quite interesting! Overall, my trip to Dubrovnik was phenomenal. Thank you for reading! 😄 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted February 19 · Supporter Share Posted February 19 Some of the most fun I have ever had was diving the Roman wreck out in the bay at Cavtat (just south of Dubrovnick). Wreck & amphora dive for PROs (1-6 dives) | Diving in Cavtat, Croatia | 365.tours 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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