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1000 Korún
| Issuer | Slovenská Národná Banka |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Value | 1000 Korún |
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| Obverse description | The right half is dominated by a large intaglio vignette of King Svätopluk enthroned, attended by armoured warriors and a bishop, set within an ornate scrollwork cartouche inscribed KRÁĽ SVÄTOPLUK at the top. The left portion carries two guilloche rosette panels bearing the numeral 1000 at upper and lower left, flanking the central typographic panel with the denomination TISÍC KORÚN SLOVENSKÝCH in bold letterpress, the issuing authority SLOVENSKÁ NÁRODNÁ BANKA V BRATISLAVE, the date 25. NOVEMBRA 1940, and two facsimile signatures above their respective titles GUVERNÉR and RIADITEĽ. A dense microtext underprint border runs along the upper and lower margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | TÁTO BANKOVKA VYDANÁ PODĽA VLÁDNEHO NARIADENIA Č. 44/1939 SL. Z. PLATÍ TISÍC KORÚN SLOVENSKÝCH V BRATISLAVE DŇA 25. NOVEMBRA 1940. SLOVENSKÁ NÁRODNÁ BANKA V BRATISLAVE GUVERNÉR RIADITEĽ FALŠOV. N. Z. SA CRESCE KRÁĽ SVÄTOPLUK Š BEDNÁR DEL J. SCHMIDT SC. |
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The Slovak National Bank began issuing its own currency in 1939 immediately after the cleaving of Czechoslovakia, and this 1000 Korún represents the high-denomination anchor of that first independent series. Engraved by Jindřich Schmidt — a craftsman whose work appeared on several Central European issues of the period — the intaglio quality is notably high for a note printed domestically rather than contracted to one of the major European security printers.
Schmidt's engraving credit is confirmed for this series; the printing was handled in-house at the SNB's Bratislava facility, which was relatively unusual for a newly established central bank still building its institutional infrastructure.