Friday, June 10, 2011

Serbia 100 Dinars (2006)

Serbian 100 dinars banknote was first released in 2000 in predominantly light and marine blue, with greenish and ochre-yellow tones. It was slightly redesigned in 2003, 2004 and 2006.

Obverse: Portrait of Nikola Tesla.

Reverse: a detail from the Tesla electro-magnetic induction engine.

Nikola Tesla (Serbian: Никола Тесла; 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was an inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer. He was an important contributor to the birth of commercial electricity, and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla's patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current (AC) electric power systems, including the polyphase system of electrical distribution and the AC motor. This work helped usher in the Second Industrial Revolution.

He was a true visionary far ahead of his contemporaries in the field of scientific development.

If you want to know more about one of the greatest scientist ever, the genius who lit the world, his work and numerous patents he invented, check this link.