Obverse: Head of King Peter I of Serbia right. Legend (translated): "Peter I. King of Serbia"
Reverse: Crown above value (1 Dinar, 2 Dinara) and date (1912, 1915, 1904). All within wreath.
King Peter I is remembered for his modesty, attributed to his military background. He was immensely popular throughout his reign and remains one of the Western Balkans's most popular leaders. He is considered to be the founding father of Yugoslavia (this name, colloquial, but very widely used even in European maps during his day, became official in 1929).
His children were influential in European affairs as adults. His son, King Alexander, joined Yugoslavia with the West and helped foster the nascent Yugoslav national identity. His daughter, Princess Helen, married Prince Ioann Konstantinovich of Russia who was killed in the Revolution. In Paris, a street off the Champs-Élysées is named after him.
Peter I of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes also known as Peter I Karadordevic (Serbian, Croatian, Serbo-Croatian: Petar I Karadordevic) (29 June 1844 – 16 August 1921), also known as King Peter the Liberator, was King of Serbia from 1903 to 1918 after which he became the first King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which from the very beginning was colloquially called Yugoslavia within the kingdom and in the rest of Europe.