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2000 Korun
| Issuer | Česká Národní Banka (Czech National Bank) |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 2000 Korun (2000 CZK) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of opera singer Ema Destinnová at right, rendered in fine intaglio engraving, with her name inscribed below. A lyre motif appears at centre within a laurel wreath underprint, flanked by guilloche patterning. The denomination "DVA TISÍCE KORUN ČESKÝCH" is printed in large letterpress text at left, with the issuer name "ČESKÁ NÁRODNÍ BANKA" and date 1996 below. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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The 2000 Kč note was the highest denomination in Czech circulation when introduced, issued partly in response to post-1993 inflation eroding the practical value of smaller notes following the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia. Státní Tiskárna Cenin has handled Czech security printing since the communist period, and the 1996 series marks one of the first full redesigns entirely under sovereign Czech authority rather than shared Czechoslovak institutions.
Kulhánek and Ondráček worked together across several denominations in this series. Ondráček's engraving work is considered among the more technically accomplished in modern Czech intaglio production.