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5000 Korun
| Issuer | Národní Banka Československá |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Jan Mráček Reverse: Bedřich Fojtášek |
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| Obverse description | Grey intaglio on cream paper; the central panel carries the large denomination legend "PĚT TISÍC KORUN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH" beneath an elaborate foliate vignette and the clause "TATO BANKOVKA PLATÍ", with three facsimile signatures of bank officials spanning the centre and a guilloche cartouche bearing the numeral "5000" at lower left. To the right, a finely engraved bust portrait of composer Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884) occupies a rectangular frame with a caption below, the work engraved by Jan Mráček after a design by Max Švabinský. A red serial number and series designation in gold appear above the lower-left cartouche. |
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| Obverse lettering | TATO BANKOVKA PLATÍ PĚT TISÍC KORUN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH V PRAZE DNE 1. LISTOPADU 1945. NÁRODNÍ BANKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ PADĚLÁNÍ SE TRESTÁ BEDŘICH SMETANA 1824–1884 MAX ŠVABINSKÝ DEL. TISKÁRNA BANKOVEK NÁRODNÍ BANKY ČESKOSLOVENSKÉ V PRAZE JAN MRÁČEK SC. |
| Reverse description | Deep green intaglio on cream paper; the central vignette presents a detailed architectural view of the Prague National Theatre (Národní Divadlo, 1883) enclosed within an elaborate guilloche border, with the denomination legend "5000 PĚT TISÍC KORUN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH 5000" in bold lettering at lower centre. To the right, a plain cream panel carries a laurel wreath tied with tricolour ribbons in Czech national colours, framing repeated numeral "5000" above and below. The engraver's name B. FOJTÁŠEK appears at lower right. |
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