Catalog
5000 Korun
| Issuer | Republika Československá (Czechoslovak Republic) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette with a river landscape of the Labe (Elbe), enclosed within an elaborate guilloche frame with the denomination numeral 5000 repeated in the underprint. To the right, an intaglio portrait of a young woman in traditional Bohemian national costume within an oval cartouche. The bold curved inscription REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ arcs across the upper field, with the denomination legend PĚT TISÍC KORUN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH in a panel at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ PĚT TISÍC KORUN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH SERIE: ČÍSLO: V PRAZE, DNE 6. ČERVENCE 1920. TATO STÁTOVKA VYDÁNA PODLE ZÁKONA ZE DNE 10. DUBNA 1919 ČÍS. 187, SB. Z. A N. PLATÍ MINISTR FINANCÍ PADĚLÁNÍ STÁTOVEK TRESTÁ SE PODLE ZÁKONA 5000 |
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The highest denomination of the first Czechoslovak note series, this 5000 Korun was printed by the American Bank Note Company as part of a contract placed almost immediately after the republic's proclamation in October 1918. The new state had no printing infrastructure of its own, and ABNC was a logical choice — the company had already supplied banknotes to numerous governments in transition or crisis.
Relatively few were printed compared to the lower denominations, and the note's size reflects ABNC's high-denomination conventions of the period rather than any Czechoslovak specification. Circulation at this value was limited almost entirely to institutional and commercial transactions.