Catalog
50 Korun
| Issuer | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 50 Korun |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is the Hungarian-language face of the Austro-Hungarian Bank's 50 Korona note dated Bécs, 1914 január 2., printed in blue-violet tones with an ornate guilloche border. A central oval vignette portrays a young woman in three-quarter profile, surrounded by decorative rosette and floral underprint elements. A rectangular Czechoslovak validation stamp of 50 Haleru — bearing the Czechoslovak lion arms — is affixed at the lower right, with serial number and control numerals in the upper right corner. |
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| Reverse lettering | FÜNFZIG KRONEN DIE OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK ZAHLT GEGEN DIESE BANKNOTE BEI IHREN HAUPTANSTALTEN IN WIEN UND BUDAPEST IN GESETZLICHEM METALLGELDE OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK GENERALRAT GOUVERNEUR GENERALDIREKTOR PADESÁT KORUN PIĘDZIESIĄT KORON ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ KOPOК CINQUANTA CORONE PETSET KRON PEDESET KRUNA ПЕДЕСЕТ КРУПА CINCIZECI CORÓANE DIE NACHMACHUNG DIESER BANKNOTEN WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT |
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Czechoslovakia's first paper currency series, issued immediately after independence was declared in October 1918, drew heavily on designs prepared under Habsburg authority — the new state had neither the time nor the infrastructure to commission entirely original artwork. The 50 Korun (Pick 3) was released in 1919 as the provisional government raced to establish a sovereign monetary system distinct from the collapsed Austro-Hungarian crown.
The most consequential early act was the "stamping" operation of February–March 1919, in which Austrian and Hungarian banknotes circulating in the new republic were physically stamped to convert them into Czechoslovak currency. This note belongs to the subsequent phase — purpose-printed Czechoslovak issue — but the political pressure behind its rapid production is legible in its design compromises.