Catalog
5000 Korun
| Issuer | Národná Banka Slovenska (National Bank of Slovakia) |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Reverse description | Orange-brown and multicolour intaglio composition centred on a vignette of Štefánik's monumental mausoleum at Bradlo Hill, with the Ursa Major constellation rendered as a star chart overlay in blue-green tones at left centre. The Slovak state coat of arms appears at lower right, flanked by two signature lines and the date inscription. The large numeral '5000' is printed in bold intaglio at right, with the issuer's name in vertical orientation along the right margin. |
| Reverse lettering | NÁRODNÁ BANKA SLOVENSKA 5000 V BRATISLAVE 3. APRÍLA 1995 J. BUBÁK DEL. V. FAJT SC. (Translation: NATIONAL BANK OF SLOVAKIA 5000 IN BRATISLAVA 3 APRIL 1995) |
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The 5000 Korun was the highest denomination issued by Národná Banka Slovenska during the Slovak koruna period, and it was a politically significant commission — newly independent Slovakia needed a prestige note that could hold its own against established European currencies. Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig facility had inherited substantial intaglio expertise from its pre-unification East German operations, and the engraving by Václav Fajt reflects that tradition.
The denomination was demonetized when Slovakia adopted the euro on 1 January 2009, ending a koruna series that had existed for only sixteen years following the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993.