Catalog
1000 Korun
| Issuer | Nationalbank für Böhmen und Mähren / Národní Banka pro Čechy a Moravu |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Currency | Koruna (1939-1945) |
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| Obverse description | Dark green note with a fine guilloche border frame enclosing a central text block with bilingual (German and Czech) legal tender inscription and issue details. To the right, an intaglio vignette of a bearded male bust, engraved by J. Schmidt, rendered in fine line work against a lightly hatched background. The denomination '1000' appears at each corner, with the bilingual issuer title 'NATIONALBANK FÜR BÖHMEN UND MÄHREN IN PRAG / NÁRODNÍ BANKA PRO ČECHY A MORAVU V PRAZE' centered below the main text block. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Nationalbank für Böhmen und Mähren was not a central bank in any meaningful sense — it was a German-controlled institution established in 1939 to absorb the Czechoslovak National Bank's assets and integrate the Protectorate's economy into the Reich's. The 1000 Korun was the highest denomination in circulation under Protectorate authority, and its printing in Prague under wartime conditions meant paper quality and production standards varied noticeably across the series.
Jindřich Schmidt was one of the foremost Czech intaglio engravers of his generation, trained in the classical tradition at the State Printing Works. His involvement here is one of the few continuities with pre-occupation Czech banknote production.