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1000 Korún Provisional 'Adhesive stamp' issue
| Issuer | Slovenská Národná Banka |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | TÁTO BANKOVKA VYDANÁ PODĽA VLÁDNEHO NARIADENIA Č. 44/1939 SL.Z. PLATÍ / TISÍC KORÚN SLOVENSKÝCH / V BRATISLAVE DŇA 23. NOVEMBRA 1940 / SLOVENSKÁ NÁRODNÁ BANKA / V BRATISLAVE / FALŠOVANIE SA TRESTÁ / Š. BEDNÁR DEL J. SCHMIDT SC. / ČESKOSLOVENSKO / 1000 |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays an elaborate guilloche ornamental pattern in muted olive and rose tones, centred on the Slovak coat of arms within a circular medallion. The issuing authority name SLOVENSKÁ NÁRODNÁ BANKA and the denomination 1000 TISÍC KORÚN SLOVENSKÝCH are inscribed centrally, with the denomination repeated in four languages below: TAUSEND Ks, ТИСЯЧА Ks, EZER Ks. A blank rectangular panel at right is reserved for the adhesive stamp placement, and the denomination numeral 1000 appears in each corner within ornamental cartouches. |
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When Czechoslovakia was reconstituted after World War II, the new Slovak administration faced an immediate currency problem: existing Protectorate-era Czech banknotes were still in circulation but politically unacceptable. The solution was pragmatic to the point of improvisation — valid notes were submitted by the public, overprinted with an adhesive stamp bearing the Slovenská Národná Banka authorization, and reissued. The 1000 Korún was the highest denomination put through this process, which made it both the most economically significant and the most vulnerable to abuse.
The stamping was done under rushed conditions in 1945, and adhesion quality varied enough that detached or poorly applied stamps are a known issue with surviving examples. A note with the stamp cleanly intact and firmly adhered is the exception, not the rule.