THE CHANCELLERY OF
H.R.H. CROWN PRINCE Alexander II
OF YUGOSLAVIA

VISIT TO THE NATIONAL BANK OF
SERBIA
Belgrade, 24 March 2005 – HRH Crown Prince Alexander II
accompanied by Mr. Dragomir Acovic, member of The Crown Council,
visited today the National Bank of
Serbia .
Mr. Radovan Jelasic, Governor of the National Bank of Serbia,
with his closest associates, wished a warm welcome to the guests and
introduced them to the rich tradition of this institution during a
brief conversation. Governor Jelasic presented the working plan of
the National Bank of Serbia for the following period; the effort
will be directed to the supervision of institutions and the creation
of a group of banks that will inspire the confidence of the citizens
with their quality of service and tradition in operations.
After the conversation with the Governor and his closest
associates, The Crown Prince was introduced to the long and rich
tradition of the National Bank of Serbia.
The Construction of the Privileged National Bank of the Kingdom
of Serbia, which was the name of the National Bank of Serbia at the
time, lasted from 1888 to 1890, when the Governor at the time Aleksa
Spasic, who was a Minister without portfolio up to this point, moved
in. The bank was organized on the model of the Belgian National
Bank, which was, at the time, viewed as the paragon of a modern
banking institution. The project of this purpose-built edifice in
Kralja Petra Street was drawn up by a well-known Viennese architect,
Konstantin Jovanovic, son of Anastas Jovanovic, the first Serbian
lithographer and the majordomo at the Court of Prince Mihajlo
Obrenovic. For this monumental work in the neoclassic style which,
which in the words of Felix Kanic, “would be the pride and joy of
any metropolis in the world”, he received a high state decoration in
1890.
In the continuation of the visit, The Crown Prince and Mr. Acovic
visited the exhibition of the drafts for the proposed works for the
central hall of the new business building of the National Bank of
Serbia at Slavia Square, the vault of the bank, the numismatic
cabinet, as well as the exhibition of money from the Greek, Roman
and Byzantine period in the hall of the building. The most
interesting part of this exhibition is the collection of Middle Age
Serbian money made of silver from our mines. HRH Crown Prince
Alexander II was particularly interested in the exhibition area
where the machine for detecting falsified money is exhibited, as
well as in the section with the coins made for special occasions and
important dates in our history from 1963 until today.

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

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