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200 Korun With Omron Rings
| Issuer | Česká Národní Banka (Czech National Bank) |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Jan Ámos Komenský (1592–1670), the Czech theologian and educator, occupies the right half of the note, rendered in fine line engraving against an orange and brown guilloche underprint. The large numeral "200" appears in letterpress at the left, accompanied by a vertical windowed security thread bearing the "ČNB 200 Kč" inscription, with Omron rings (EURion constellation) scattered across the left field. The Czech National Bank circular logo vignette is positioned at upper centre, with the date "2018" printed above the portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | DVĚ STĚ KORUN ČESKÝCH JAN AMOS KOMENSKÝ ČESKÁ NÁRODNÍ BANKA O. KULHÁNEK INV. M. ONDRÁČEK SC. (Translation: Two Hundred Czech Crowns Jan Amos Komensky Czech National Bank) |
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The Omron rings — a constellation of small circular patterns readable by photocopiers and many inkjet printers — were added to this issue specifically to trigger copy-prevention software built into modern reproduction hardware. Their inclusion on a note already carrying colour-shifting ink and a security thread reflects a broader mid-2010s push by European central banks to harden circulating notes against increasingly capable consumer-grade scanning equipment.
Kulhánek designed the original 200 Kč series beginning in the 1990s; this 2018 iteration is a security upgrade rather than a redesign. Ondráček and Fajt are both established intaglio engravers at Státní Tiskárna Cenin, whose Prague facility has handled Czech currency production continuously since the post-Czechoslovak transition.