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500 Korún
| Issuer | Slovenská Národná Banka |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Currency | Koruna (1939-1945) |
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| Obverse lettering | PÄTSTO KORÚN SLOVENSKÝCH SLOVENSKÁ NÁRODNÁ BANKA V BRATISLAVE SLOVENSKÁ NÁRODNÁ BANKA REPUBLIKA SLOVENSKÁ 500 FALŠOVANIE BANKOVIEK SA TRESCE |
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| Protection description | a woman's portrait head, visible when held to light. |
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Slovakia's first central bank, established in April 1939 immediately after the declaration of the Slovak State under German pressure, needed a high-denomination note quickly. The Slovenská tlačiareň in Bratislava — a domestic press without the deep intaglio infrastructure of established security printers like Bradbury Wilkinson or the Czech State Printing Works — produced this note under significant technical constraints, which shows in the relatively modest security specification for a 500 Korún face value.
The koruna itself was pegged to the Reichsmark at a rate widely considered punitive, effectively subsidizing the German war economy through Slovak exports. A 500 Korún note in 1941 represented meaningful purchasing power in an economy already distorted by occupation-adjacent monetary arrangements.