Catalog
50 Korun
| Issuer | Republika Československá |
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| Year | 1945-1948 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ TÁTO ŠTÁTOVKA PLATÍ PÄŤDESIAT KORÚN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH MINISTER FINANCIÍ FALŠOVANIE ŠTÁTOVIEK TRESTÁ SA PODĽA ZÁKONA |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Czechoslovak state coat of arms — a quartered shield supported by two lions rampant, set within an ornate cartouche with the motto 'PRAVDA VÍTĚZI'. The denomination '50' appears at upper left and lower right, framed by floral branch motifs and a fine guilloche border. The country name 'REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ' and the value 'KORÚN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH' are inscribed below the coat of arms. |
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This note was authorized under the postwar Czechoslovak government reconstituted in Košice in April 1945, before the full Soviet-aligned takeover of 1948. Waterlow & Sons produced the issue in London, a practical necessity — Czechoslovak printing capacity had been thoroughly disrupted under German occupation, and several exile-period notes were contracted to British security printers. The series bridges two political realities: it was designed for a restored republic that would cease to exist before the notes were fully retired.
The 1945–1948 date span covers the currency reform of November 1945, when old Protectorate-era currency was exchanged at restrictive rates — a measure aimed at wiping out wartime profiteering that also hit ordinary savers hard.