Serbia 2 Dinara 1879 Milan Obrenovic. VF

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1879, Principality of Serbia, Milan Obrenovic. Silver 2 Dinara Coin. VF

Mint Year: 1879
Reference: KM-11. 
Mint Place: Vienna
Denomination: 2 Dinara
Engraver: Erneste Paulin Tasset
Condition: Mnor deposits, toned obverse, otherwise VF.
Material: Silver (.900)
Diameter : 27mm
Weight: 9.89gm

Obverse: Bust of Milan Obrenovic as prince of Serbia left. Engraver´s name (TASSET) below bust´s base.
Translated legend: "Milan M. Obrenovic IV. prince of Serbia."

Reverse: Ducal crown above denomination (2 ДИНАРA) and mint date (1879) within wreath.
Translated legend: "2 Dinara 1879."



The House of Obrenovic (Serbian: Obrenovici, often spelled in English as Obrenovich or Obrenovitch) ruled Serbia from 1815 to 1842, and again from 1858 to 1903. They came to power through the leadership of their progenitor Miloš Obrenovic in the Second Serbian uprising against the Ottoman Empire, which led to the formation of the Principality of Serbia. The regents tended to rule autocratically, their popularity waxing and waning over their decades in power. The house of Obrenovic, except Miloš and Mihailo Obrenovic, descends from the Serbian medieval noble house of Orlovic, through the stepfather of Knjaz Miloš, and the grandfather of King Milan, as he was a member of the cadet branch of house Martinovic - Orlovic. The family's rule came to an end when an underground movement Black hand throughout the military, killed the last king Aleksandar Obrenovic, proximally because of his unpopular choice of a bride. After the end of their rule, a constitutional monarchy headed by the Karadordevic family took its place. Unlike other Balkan states such as Greece, Bulgaria or Romania, Serbia did not import a member of an existing European royal family to take its throne; the Obrenovic Dynasty, like its Karadordevic rival, was a "home-grown" Serbian family.



Milan Obrenovic (August 22, 1854–February 11, 1901) was a Serbian monarch reigning as Prince Milan IV of Serbia from 1868 to 1882 and King Milan I of Serbia from 1882 to 1889.

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