Journal
Guides to buying, valuing and selling collectibles in Serbia.
Every article belongs to one section, by type of item. Tags cut across sections: what you want to do, which period and which metal.
Where numismatics ends and metal begins
Every silver coin has two prices. How to calculate the lower one in a minute, what lifts a coin above it, and why 1938 silver and the Yugoslav commemoratives rarely go past metal.
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Valuable Vintage Yugoslav Toys: Mehanotehnika, Tinplate Cars, and Retro Dolls
Nostalgia turned into investment: why vintage toys from socialist Yugoslavia (Mehanotehnika, Biserka) are commanding hundreds of euros at auction.
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EX-YU Rock and New Wave on Vinyl: High-Value First Pressings of Jugoton & RTB
Why Paket aranžman, Šarlo Akrobata, Idoli, and early EKV LPs are the most sought-after vinyl records in the Balkans: pressings and auction prices.
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Valuable WWII Yugoslav Partisan Insignia: Order of the People’s Hero and Partisan Star
Comprehensive guide to Yugoslav partisan phaleristics: 1941 Commemorative Medal serials, gold orders, and why early 1944 Moscow Mint strikes lead the market.
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Selling Military Orders and Medals: Valuing Serbian and Yugoslav Decorations
Phaleristics collector guide: how to evaluate Order of the White Eagle, Karageorge Star, Saint Sava, and rare Yugoslav socialist medals with documents.
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1993 Hyperinflation: Are Yugoslav 500 Billion Dinar Banknotes Valuable?
Myths and facts about FR Yugoslavia’s extreme currency: market value of the 500 billion dinar note, original bank bricks, and true collector rarities.
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Rare Yugoslav SFRJ Coins: Are Old Dinar Coins Worth More Than Face Value?
Collector guide to socialist Yugoslav coins: key dates, trial strikes, condition grading, and why 1950s aluminium dinars in mint state fetch serious money.
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Railway pocket watches (JDŽ / JŽ): spotting originals and what collectors want
Service watches of the Yugoslav railways: who supplied the movements, what the case-back markings mean, and why the engraving is sometimes worth more than the watch.
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Darwil watches: history, models and what they really fetch
The most widespread watch of the Yugoslav era: which versions collectors actually want, why most are worth little, and how not to sell a gold case at plated prices.
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Zlatna serija and Lunov Magnus Strip: a guide to the issues people look for
The two highest-circulation runs from Novi Sad's Dnevnik: where the line between ordinary and rare sits, how condition is graded, and what is genuinely worth selling individually.
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Which Alan Ford issues are actually worth money: a guide to the Vjesnik editions
Why Alan Ford is worth more here than in Italy, which issues carry the value, how to tell an original from a reprint, and what is worth selling individually.
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