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.

Vinyl records stood on edge
Eighties vinyl is still in demand — but the price is set by the pressing and the condition, not the title.
Vinyl · Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min

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.

#Yugoslavia 1945–2003 #Rarities #Authenticity
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A collection of SFRY decorations on a dark background
SFRY decorations: between a mass-issued badge and a rare one on a board like this, the price gap is a hundredfold.

Фото: Pinki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Banknotes & medals · Oct 3, 2026 · 3 min

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.

#Second World War #Yugoslavia 1945–2003 #Authenticity #Rarities
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A 1993 500 billion dinar banknote
The 1993 500,000,000,000-dinar note: the largest denomination the National Bank of Yugoslavia ever printed.

Фото: KKPCW · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Banknotes & medals · Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min

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.

#Yugoslavia 1945–2003 #Valuation #Rarities
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A 1920 ten-dinar banknote of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, both sides
Ten dinars of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, 1920: intaglio engraving, allegorical figures and governors signatures — collected by condition, not by denomination.

National Museum of American History (Smithsonian) · общественное достояние

Banknotes & medals · Sep 30, 2026 · 3 min

Rare Banknotes of the Kingdom of Serbia and Occupation: High-Value Rarities

Guide to the rarest Serbian paper money: from the iconic 1884 100-dinar note to wartime emergency overprints of 1941–1944 that command thousands of euros.

#The Kingdom #Second World War #Authenticity #Rarities
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A metal tray full of small coins
A tray of small change like this sits at every flea market — and rarely, but reliably, something valuable turns up in it.
Numismatics · Sep 28, 2026 · 3 min

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.

#Yugoslavia 1945–2003 #Rarities #Valuation
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Silver dinar of Stefan Milutin
Dinar of Stefan Milutin, 14th century: irregular edge, off-centre strike, part of the legend running off the flan. National Museum of Romanian History, CC BY 4.0.

Muzeul Național de Istorie a României · CC BY 4.0 · Europeana

Numismatics · Sep 27, 2026 · 4 min

Medieval Serbian coinage: Nemanjić dinars and what they are worth

Who struck them, where, and on what model; how hammered coinage is recognised; and why documented provenance decides whether this category sells at all.

#Silver #Rarities #Authenticity
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Soviet Poljot wristwatch
A Poljot, 23 jewels, automatic, "Made in USSR" on the dial. A typical product of mass production — dependable, and for that reason cheap.
Watches · Sep 23, 2026 · 3 min

Soviet mechanical watches in Serbia: Poljot, Raketa, Vostok — what has value?

Why ninety per cent of Soviet watches are cheap, which models break away from the pack, and how to spot a watch assembled from parts — this market’s commonest problem.

#Authenticity #Valuation #Rarities
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Pocket watch with a white dial
An open-faced pocket watch with a white dial and large numerals. Legibility was a service requirement, not a matter of taste.
Watches · Sep 21, 2026 · 3 min

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.

#Yugoslavia 1945–2003 #Rarities #Authenticity
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A stack of old magazines and issues
Thin issues in a stack: modest one by one, quite another story as a complete run.
Comics · Sep 16, 2026 · 4 min

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.

#Yugoslavia 1945–2003 #Rarities #Condition & care
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A person leafing through an old comic by a window
An old comic in hand: the paper, format and layout give away the decade before you reach the colophon.
Comics · Sep 15, 2026 · 4 min

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.

#Yugoslavia 1945–2003 #Rarities #Valuation #Authenticity
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