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1000 Korun
| Issuer | Národní Banka Československá |
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| Year | 1945 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is framed by an intricate floral and foliate border with fine guilloche work throughout. To the right, a circular intaglio vignette presents a portrait of a young Slovak woman in traditional dress, rendered with exceptional engraving detail. The central field carries the denomination inscription TISÍC KORUN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH in bold letterpress, with the issuing authority NÁRODNÍ BANKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ, the date V PRAZE DNE 16. KVĚTNA 1945, and the anti-counterfeiting warning PADĚLÁNÍ SE TRESTÁ below. |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ 1000 |
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This note was printed in Prague in 1945 under the supervision of the reconstituted Národní Banka Československá — a deliberate act of institutional continuity following the end of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The choice to produce it domestically, rather than abroad as the London exile government had done with earlier wartime issues, carried obvious political weight in a country reasserting control over its own financial apparatus.
Fojtášek and Jirka were both Czech nationals who had worked through the occupation period; their continued involvement in the first postwar high-denomination issue reflects how quickly the state moved to re-establish a recognizably Czech artistic tradition in its currency. The 1000 Koruna denomination made Jirka's engraving especially visible — large notes attracted scrutiny.