Whereas most countries attempt to build trust by tapping into national heroes and mythology and patriotism, Yugoslavia leveraged the innocence of children in its currency from 1985-1993.  One girl's portrait, including the one on the circulated 1989 series of 100,000 dinar notes was across a wide spectrum of small and large denominations over several years, underscoring the effects of hyperinflation. Although her portrait remains frozen in the same moment of youth, even though zeros are added and the paper becomes ragged the way all currency does with high-velocity use during periods of inflation. 

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Portraits of children obviously are intended to evoke hope for the future. But these distorted, bloated notes were among the last Yugoslavian currency ever issued. 

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