Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1000 Korun
| Issuer | Republika Československá |
|---|---|
| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| 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) | P#50 |
| Obverse description | Blue intaglio-printed note with an elaborate guilloche underprint radiating from a central ornamental vignette. The upper border carries the inscription REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ, with TATO POUKAZKA PLATÍ above the large central denomination text TISÍC KORUN and numeral 1000. Bilingual inscriptions ТЫСЯЧА КРОН appear at lower left and right flanking the anti-counterfeiting warning PADĚLÁNÍ SE TRESTÁ, with serial numbers СК 498113 printed in blue at both lower corners and the date 1944 at bottom centre. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Entirely blue note printed with dense, intricate guilloche lacework forming a large central medallion enclosing the numeral 1000 within a rectangular frame, surrounded by symmetrical floral and scroll motifs. The corners each carry the denomination numeral 1000 set within smaller ornamental rosettes, and a continuous micropattern border runs along all four edges. No pictorial vignette is present; the design relies entirely on lathe-work guilloche for its aesthetic and security effect. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| 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 |
This note was printed in Moscow by Goznak under wartime arrangements between the Czechoslovak government-in-exile and the Soviet Union — an unusual production choice that reflects the political alignment Beneš was carefully cultivating with Moscow as the war moved toward its endgame. The series was prepared in advance of liberation, intended to replace the Protectorate and Slovak wartime currencies the moment territory was recovered.
Goznak's involvement left a subtle mark: the printing aesthetic differs noticeably from the pre-war series produced by Western European security printers. Paper specification and guilloche execution follow Soviet standards rather than Czech ones.