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1000 Korún Provisional Note
| Issuer | Národná banka Slovenska |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Printer | Státní Tiskárna Cenin, Prague, Czech Republic (1953-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries an intaglio portrait of Czech composer Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884) at right, with the large denomination numeral '1000' and the text 'TISÍC KORUN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH' in bold intaglio lettering across the centre. A Slovak adhesive validation stamp overprint is applied at upper centre, bearing the Slovak coat of arms and the text '1000 SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA', provisionally converting this 1985 Czechoslovak issue for use in Slovakia. Guilloche underprint elements and decorative floral vignettes fill the left field. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1000 BANKOVKA STÁTNÍ BANKY ČESKOSLOVENSKÉ TISÍC KORUN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH 1985 BEDŘICH SMETANA 1824-1884 PADĚLÁNÍ BANKOVEK SE TRESTÁ PODLE ZÁKONA A. BRUNOVSKÝ DEL. STÁTNÍ TISKÁRNA CENIN, PRAHA M. ONDRÁČEK SC. |
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When Czechoslovakia dissolved on 1 January 1993, both successor states faced an immediate currency problem — the old federal koruna circulated freely across both new borders, and capital was moving fast. Slovakia's solution was adhesive stamps applied to existing Czechoslovak notes, converting them into provisional Slovak legal tender while permanent issues were prepared. This 1000 Korún is one of those stamped transitionals, not a freshly designed note but a Czechoslovak printing — made at Státní Tiskárna Cenin in Prague — repurposed by its former partner state.
Brunovský designed the underlying note before the split. He died in 1997, making this series among his final major commissions.