Catalog
10 Korun
| Issuer | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 10 Korun |
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| Reverse description | Reverse of the underlying Austro-Hungarian Bank 10 Kronen note of 1904, printed in violet and green, with the same young woman vignette in a circular medallion at right. The central text reads ZEHN KRONEN in large letterpress, with the German-language authorization legend above and the inscription OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK below, flanked by the signatures of the Generalrat, Gouverneur, and Generalsekretär. Elaborate guilloche underprint fills the background throughout. |
| Reverse lettering | ZEHN KRONEN DIE OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK ZAHLT GEGEN DIESE BANKNOTE BEI IHREN HAUPTANSTALTEN IN WIEN UND BUDAPEST SOFORT AUF VERLANGEN IN GESETZLICHEM METALLGELDE WIEN, 2. JÄNNER 1904 OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK GENERALRAT GOUVERNEUR GENERALSEKRETÄR SERIE |
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Czechoslovakia declared independence in October 1918 and almost immediately faced a serious monetary problem: the new state was flooded with Austro-Hungarian currency it had no control over. The solution, executed in February and March 1919, was a rapid stamping operation — existing Austro-Hungarian notes were overprinted with Czechoslovak stamps and temporarily retained as legal tender while the new government scrambled to establish its own issue. This 10 Korun note belongs to that transitional moment, when the newly formed republic was printing its first sovereign currency under considerable time pressure.
The unlisted Pick status reflects genuine cataloging uncertainty that still surrounds some of the earliest Czechoslovak emissions.