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20 Korun Československých
| Issuer | Tuzex Akciová Společnost, Prague |
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| Year | 1969-1973 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 DATUM: ČÍSLO: ODBĚRNÍ POUKAZ NA NÁKUP EXPORTNÍHO ZBOŽÍ DO HODNOTY Kčs 20,— (DVACET) TENTO ODBĚRNÍ POUKAZ PLATÍ 6 MĚSÍCŮ ODE DNE VYSTAVENÍ A JE NEPRODEJNÝ V ČSSR. TUZEX AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST PRAHA |
| Reverse description | Plain cream-coloured reverse with a single large central guilloche rosette in green and brown tones, incorporating fine engine-turned latticework. The word 'Tuzex' is printed in white serif lettering within a brown oval underprint at the centre of the rosette. No other text or vignette elements are present. |
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Tuzex was the Czechoslovak state-run hard-currency retail network, and these bony — as the vouchers were colloquially known — functioned as a parallel currency for purchasing imported or otherwise unobtainable Western goods. They were never legal tender in the conventional sense; the system existed specifically to capture foreign exchange from citizens who received remittances from abroad or earned hard currency through approved channels.
Holding bony without a sanctioned source was technically illegal, yet a black market in them flourished openly for most of the network's existence, with exchange rates against the koruna varying wildly depending on political climate and available inventory.