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500 Korún Provisional 'Adhesive stamp' issue
| Issuer | Ministerstvo financí (Ministry of Finance), Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Value | 500 Korún |
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| Obverse description | Printed in deep red on a light ground, the obverse is dominated by an intricate guilloche underprint with floral rosette corner ornaments and the large denomination numeral '500' at left and right. The central inscription reads 'REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ / TÁTO POUKÁZKÁ / PÄŤSTO KORÚN' in letterpress, with the date '1944' at the lower centre within a decorative cartouche bearing an anti-counterfeiting warning. A postage stamp-style adhesive validation label, overprinted with the value '500' and bearing a portrait vignette, is affixed to the upper centre of the note. Serial numbers appear twice in the lower margin, prefixed 'AO'. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ TÁTO POUKÁZKÁ PÄŤSTO KORÚN PÄŤSOT KRÓN ПЯТЬСОТ КРОН 1944 FALŠOVANIE SA TRESTÁ ČESKOSLOVENSKO |
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When Czechoslovakia was liberated in May 1945, the government-in-exile returned to find the currency in chaos — occupation-era Protectorate notes, Slovak State notes, and Reichsmarks all circulating simultaneously. Rather than wait for newly printed issues to arrive, the Ministry of Finance authorized the overprinting of existing 500 Korun notes with an adhesive validation stamp to distinguish legitimate post-liberation currency from the rest. The stamp itself became the security feature by necessity, not design preference.
Forgeries of the stamp appeared almost immediately. The entire provisional arrangement lasted only months before proper replacement notes were available.