Who owns Nikola Tesla? - Emerging Europe
Who owns Nikola Tesla? Croatia plans to put Tesla on its euro coins and enrages Serbia with the idea. Croatia’s central bank said it would put Nikola Tesla on its future 50, 20 and 10-cent coins. The decision to feature the inventor and the pioneer of alternating current electricity on the coins came from an online poll in which Croatian citizens could vote for various designs. Tesla had won, beating out the traditional cravat, the Vukovar Water Tower and the Dalmatian dog. Reactions from Serbia came hard and fast. The Serbian National Bank said the Croatian move is “usurping the cultural...