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1000 Korún
| Issuer | Slovenská Národná Banka |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Currency | Koruna (1939-1945) |
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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. |
| Reverse description | The left half presents a large circular guilloche medallion in red and blue, centred on the Slovak double-cross shield coat of arms, surrounded by intricate foliate lacework. Guilloche rosette corner pieces bearing the numeral 1000 appear at each corner, and a repeating microtext band reading SLOVENSKÁ NÁRODNÁ BANKA runs along the upper and lower borders. The right half carries the denomination in bold letterpress — SLOVENSKÁ NÁRODNÁ BANKA / 1000 / TISÍC KORÚN SLOVENSKÝCH — followed by multilingual equivalents in German, Russian and Hungarian, set against a fine lattice underprint; the far right margin is filled with a solid block of repeated red microtext. |
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