See full images — free registration
Continue with Google — it's free or register with email

1000 Korún

Issuer Slovenská Národná Banka
Year 1940
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value Log in to see details
Currency Log in to see details
Composition Log in to see details
Size Log in to see details
Shape Log in to see details
Printer Log in to see details
Designer(s) Log in to see details
Engraver(s) Log in to see details
In circulation to Log in to see details
Reference(s) Log in to see details
Obverse description Log in to see details
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.
Reverse description Log in to see details
Reverse lettering SLOVENSKÁ NÁRODNÁ BANKA
1000
TISÍC KORÚN SLOVENSKÝCH
TAUSEND Ks ТЫСЯЧА Ks EZER Ks
BANKA SLOVENSKÁ NÁRODNÁ BANKA SLOVENSKÁ NÁRODNÁ BANKA
Signature(s) Log in to see details
Protection type Log in to see details
Protection description Log in to see details
Variants Log in to see details
Comments

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.