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| Issuer | Národná banka Československá |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Currency | Koruna (1945-1953) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, co-founder of Czechoslovakia, aviator and diplomat, rendered in intaglio engraving. The portrait is set against a fine guilloche underprint with decorative border elements framing the composition. Engraver and designer credits appear in the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | A panoramic intaglio vignette occupies the central field, presenting a detailed aerial view of Banská Bystrica, a historic Slovak city, with its church towers, rooftops, and wooded hills rising to mountains in the background; the caption BANSKÁ BYSTRICA appears in small lettering within the vignette. The upper margin carries the inscription REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ within a teal guilloche band, while the lower portion bears the denomination PÄŤDESIAT KORÚN in large bold lettering flanked by numeral 50 counters, with ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH inscribed beneath in a decorative panel. Designer and engraver credits Š. BEDNÁR and B. FOJTÁŠEK appear in the lower corners. |
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| Protection description | Continuous repeating pattern of crosses and diamonds |
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