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100 Korun
| Issuer | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The Hungarian-language face of the Austro-Hungarian Bank's 100 Korona note of 2 January 1912 (Pick Austria 12), overstamped for Czechoslovak currency validation with a rectangular 1 Koruna adhesive stamp in red and black bearing the Czechoslovak lion arms and the inscription 'REPUBLIKA CESKOSLOVENSKA'. The underlying note carries a central oval vignette of a young woman in profile to the right, flanked by ornate Art Nouveau guilloche panels in violet-brown, with the denomination '100' at upper right and lower centre, and the principal legend 'SZAZ KORONA' in bold letterpress at upper left. |
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| Reverse description | The German-language face of the underlying Austro-Hungarian Bank 100 Kronen note, dated Wien 2 Jänner 1912, printed in green and rose. At left, the main text block carries the legend 'HUNDERT KRONEN' in bold gothic letterpress above the date and issuing authority 'OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK', with two facsimile signature lines and the multilingual denomination inscription at lower left in Czech, Slovak, Polish, Ukrainian, Italian, and Romanian. At right, a central oval intaglio portrait vignette of a young woman facing slightly left, set within elaborate Art Nouveau guilloche borders, with '100' numerals at upper right. |
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This note dates to the first weeks of Czechoslovak monetary independence. When the new state separated its currency from the Austro-Hungarian crown in late February and early March 1919, it did so by the unglamorous method of stamping existing Austro-Hungarian banknotes with rectangular perforated stamps — but the P#4 series represents the parallel effort to produce purpose-made Czechoslovak paper from scratch. The printing was handled by the American Bank Note Company in New York, commissioned in 1918 before the republic was even formally proclaimed.
ABNC's involvement was arranged largely through Eduard Beneš and the Czechoslovak National Council in Washington. Shipments arrived under difficult postwar logistics.