Nikola Tesla was one of the great pioneers in electricity. His inventions in electrical generation and power transmission give us the alternating current electricity we use today. He was a man of many nations. He was born in Croatia to Serbian parents, studied in Austria and Czechoslovakia then went to the United States where he did most of his inventing. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia honored him with this commemorative Proof 20 Dinar coin of 1996. His portrait is on one side and the arms of Yugoslavia on the other side. The coin is made from a copper-zinc-nickel alloy and has a mintage of only 9,743 pieces. He also appeared on this Yugoslavian 5000 Dinara banknote. The reverse pictures the Tesla Museum in Belgrade. The 1993 dated note circulated only briefly due to Yugoslavia's severe inflation at the time.
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