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500 Korun
| Issuer | Česká Národní Banka (Czech National Bank) |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Value | 500 Korun (500 CZK) |
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| Obverse lettering | PĚT SET KORUN ČESKÝCH ČESKÁ NÁRODNÍ BANKA O. KULHÁNEK INV. V. FAJT SC. BOŽENA NĚMCOVÁ (Translation: Five Hundred Czech Korun Czech National Bank) |
| Reverse description | An intaglio vignette of an allegorical laureate female figure, her head wreathed in flowers and foliage — symbolising characters from Němcová's literary works — occupies the left and centre of the note. The Czech national coat of arms appears at centre right, with the large denomination numeral 500 at upper right and a decorative monogram device at lower right. Printer and legal warning inscriptions run along the lower portion of the note. |
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Kulhánek designed several denominations for the post-1993 Czech koruna series, but his work on this note drew particular attention for its engraving-forward aesthetic — Václav Fajt's obverse work and Ondráček's reverse represent two of the stronger intaglio contributions in the entire series. Státní Tiskárna Cenin had produced Czech currency since before the Czechoslovak split, and the continuity of using a Prague-based printer for the new republic's notes was a deliberate political signal as much as a logistical one.
The 1993 currency separation from Slovakia required the Czech Republic to establish independent monetary infrastructure almost overnight. Early issued notes were carried over from Czechoslovak stock with adhesive stamps; this 1995-dated issue belongs to the first clean wave of purpose-designed Czech Republic currency.