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1000 Korun
| Issuer | Česká Národní Banka (Czech National Bank) |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Printer | Státní Tiskárna Cenin, Prague, Czech Republic (1953-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | 1000 TISÍC KORUN ČESKÝCH František Palacky ČESKÁ NÁRODNÍ BANKA O. KULHÁNEK INV. V. FAJT SC. (Translation: 1000 ONE THOUSAND CZECH KORUN František Palacky CZECH NATIONAL BANK) |
| Reverse description | A bold intaglio vignette of a double-tailed eagle in full spread, rendered in deep violet-blue engraving, occupies the left and centre of the note in a dynamic heraldic composition. To the right, the quartered Coat of Arms of the Czech Republic is displayed, incorporating the Bohemian lion, Moravian eagle, and Silesian eagle within a shield. The denomination 1000 appears at the upper and lower right, with the anti-counterfeiting warning legend printed along the lower margin. |
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This note entered circulation on 8 February 1993, less than six weeks after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 1 January — making it one of the first distinctly Czech banknotes ever issued. The timeline was tight enough that Czech and Slovak notes from the transitional period were initially distinguished only by adhesive stamps applied to existing Czechoslovak stock, before proper national series could be released.
Kulhánek designed and Fajt engraved the entire initial Czech series, a rare domestic pairing at a moment when many newly independent states were contracting foreign security printers.