LIPA: COIN OF CROATIA
20 lipa, 2003: Republic of Croatia (Croatian text)
Modern Croatian coins, including lipa, are issued in two versions: with obverse legends in Croatian and in Latin.
REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA: Republic of Croatia.
Croatian national ornament + branch of a flowering linden.
The coat of arms of the Republic of Croatia: one main shield and five smaller shields which form a crown over the main shield. The main coat of arms is a checkerboard that consists of 13 red and 12 white fields. The five smaller shields represent five different historical regions within Croatia: the oldest known Croatian coat of arms, coats of arms of the Dubrovnik Republic, Dalmatia, Istria and Slavonia.
MASLINA: olive (branch with olives).
Date with dot.
Coin design: Kuzma Kovačić — a Croatian academic sculptor and professor. He designed circulation Croatian coins: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 lipa and 1, 2, 5, 25 kuna.
Mintage: 42.780.000.
Mint: Croatian Monetary Institute.
- Nickel plated steel: 18.5 mm - 2.9 g
- Reference price: 0.2$
COIN LIPA — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- REPUBLIC OF CROATIA (1993-2022): lipa = 1/100 kuna
The name of the coin lipa comes from the name of the tree of the same name — linden ("lipa" in Croatian), — that was traditionally planted around marketplaces in Croatia during the early modern period.
