Catalog
50 Korun
| Issuer | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Koruna (1919-1939) |
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| Obverse lettering | ÖTVEN KORONA AZ OSZTRAK-MAGYAR BANKE BANKJEGYÉRT BARKI KÍVÁNSÁGÁRA AZONNAL FIZET BÉCSI ÉS BUDAPESTI FŐINTÉZETEINÉL TÖRVÉNYES ÉRCPÉNZT Bécs, 1914 januar 2én OSZTRÁK-MAGYAR BANK FŐTANÁCSOS KORMÁNYZÓ VEZÉRIGTAR ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA |
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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.