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20 Korun
| Issuer | Czechoslovakia (Ministry of Finance) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | HUSZ KORONA TÖRVÉNYES ÉRTÉKPÉNZT BÉCS 1913. JANUAR 2-ÁN AZ OSZTRAK-MAGYAR BANK E BANKJEGYÉRT BÁRKI KIVÁN-SÁGARA AZONNAL FIZET BÉCSI ÉS BUDAPESTI FŐINTÉZETÉNÉL OSZTRÁK MAGYAR BANK 20 haléřů |
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| Protection description | Red rectangular adhesive postage-style stamp with Czechoslovak lion motif and value '20 haléřů', applied to validate the note for circulation in the new Czechoslovak state. |
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This 20 Korun note belongs to the first wave of Czechoslovak currency issued after the state declared independence in October 1918. The Ministry of Finance, rather than a central bank, was the issuing authority — because no such bank yet existed. The new republic needed circulating paper almost immediately, and these early notes were essentially a stopgap while institutions were still being built from scratch.
The adhesive stamp was the mechanism by which Austro-Hungarian banknotes were converted into Czechoslovak currency during the stamping operation of February–March 1919, but P#2 is a purpose-printed domestic issue, not a stamped-over Habsburg note. The security feature listed refers to a different kind of validation stamp applied to authenticate legitimate notes during that same chaotic transitional period.