Catalog
1 Koruna
| Issuer | Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren / Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia |
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| Year | 1939 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 Republika Československá Republika Československá 1 Jedna Koruna Československá 1 Padělání se trestá 1 Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren / Protektorát Čechy a Morava (Translation: 1 Republic of Czechoslovakia Republic of Czechoslovakia 1 One Koruna Czechoslovak 1 Counterfeiting is punishable 1 Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia / Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia) |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a repeating 'Republika Československá' border running along all edges, with a vignette of the Czech Lion in the left field. The denomination is expressed in four languages — Czech, Russian, German, and Hungarian — in the upper central area, while the series designation appears at the lower right. Numeral '1' denominators occupy each corner. |
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The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was proclaimed on 15 March 1939, the same day German forces occupied the rump Czech state. This note was among the first fiscal instruments issued under the new administration — the name "Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren" appearing alongside its Czech equivalent was a political act as much as a monetary one, asserting nominal local continuity while subordinating the territory entirely to Reich authority.
Státní tiskárna cenin, the Czech state security printer in Prague, produced the note using its own facilities — continuity in the press, not in the government commissioning it. Heinz and Fojtášek had both worked on pre-occupation Czechoslovak issues.