Catalog
50 Korun
| Issuer | Republika Československá |
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| Year | 1950 |
| Type | Replica banknote |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing profile portrait of Juraj Jánošík occupies the right portion of the note, rendered in a painterly vignette style with warm ochre tones against a blue sky background; the subject wears a flat cap and open-collar shirt. To the left, a blue guilloche panel carries the denomination text in large letterpress characters, with the date 'Praha, dňa 29. Augusta 1950' in script and a facsimile ministerial signature below, while an ornate guilloche numeral '50' cartouche appears at the far left margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ PÄŤDESIAT KORÚN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH Praha, dňa 29. Augusta 1950. minister financií FALŠOVANIE SA TRESTÁ KAREL SVOLINSKÝ INK PINX. THE NATIONAL TRANSFER PRINTING OFFICE CZECHOSLOVAKIA BEDŘICH FOJTÁSEK GMAF. |
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The 1950 Czechoslovak series was among the first currency issued under the fully consolidated communist government, following the February 1948 coup. This note came just two years before the catastrophic 1953 monetary reform — a state-engineered devaluation that exchanged old notes at punishing ratios, wiping out private savings and effectively destroying the value of anything still held in hand. Notes from this series were surrendered en masse during that reform, which is why circulated survivors are considerably more common than uncirculated ones: people spent them rather than saved them.
Karel Svolinský was a genuine graphic artist of standing, and Fojtásek's engraving work for the State Printing Works in Prague was technically accomplished. The collaboration here was not a bureaucratic assignment handed to functionaries.