Catalog
500 Korun
| Issuer | Česká Národní Banka (Czech National Bank) |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited, London, United Kingdom |
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| Reverse lettering | PADĚLÁNÍ BANKOVEK SE TRESTÁ PODLE ZÁKONA ©ČESKÁ NÁRODNÍ BANKA Thomas de la Rue and Company Limited (Translation: Counterfeiting banknotes is punishable by law ©Czech National Bank Thomas de la Rue and Company Limited) |
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| Protection description | Watermark portrait of Božena Němcová visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note. |
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The Czech National Bank's inaugural series — of which this is part — was rushed into production almost immediately after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 1 January 1993. Czechoslovak currency remained legal tender during a brief transitional window, then was officially replaced in February 1993 through a stamp-validation exercise that gave the new state its own monetary identity almost overnight. Thomas De La Rue handled the printing under considerable time pressure.
Kulhánek designed the full CNB founding series, and Fajt's engraving work on it is among the finer intaglio output associated with Czech note production of the period. Worth noting for a note of this transitional moment.