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At right, a finely engraved intaglio portrait vignette of the allegorical female figure known as Anna Proletarka, rendered in a socialist realist style with detailed line work. To the left, the large numeral "100" appears above the denomination inscription "STO KORUN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH", accompanied by a wheat sheaf motif and elaborate guilloche underprint. The issuer name "STÁTNÍ BANKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ", date "Praha 24. října 1951", and two facsimile signatures are printed centrally along the lower portion of the note. |
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At left, the bold intaglio denomination inscription "STO KORUN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH" with the numeral "100" below is set against an intricate guilloche background in grey-violet tones. Toward the center-right, the Czechoslovak state coat of arms — a quartered shield bearing the double-tailed white lion on a red field — is rendered in detailed intaglio engraving. The issuer name "STÁTNÍ BANKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ" runs along the lower margin. |
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The 1951 series marked a deliberate break from the interwar tradition of commissioning banknote designs abroad — Bradbury Wilkinson, Waterlow, the American Bank Note Company had all printed Czechoslovak currency before the Communist takeover. Bringing production entirely in-house at Státní Tiskárna Cenin was as much a political statement as a logistical one.
Karel Svolinský was a natural choice for the regime: an established graphic artist whose folk-influenced style could be channeled into socialist iconography without obvious awkwardness. P#76 was issued the same year the first Five-Year Plan was in full execution, and the visual language of the entire 1951 series reflects that alignment closely.