Banknotes of the Czechoslovak koruna (1953)

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20 Kcs banknote, 1988, obverse 20 Tschech Kronen.jpg
20 Kčs banknote, 1988, obverse

The first banknotes of the third Czechoslovak koruna were issued by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in denominations of 1, 3 and 5 korun (state notes) and by the State Bank in denominations of 10, 25, 50 and 100 korun (banknotes).

From 1958,[ citation needed ] new 25, 10, 100 and finally 50 Kčs banknotes were designed, and the state notes were gradually replaced by coins during the 1960s. The 20 Kčs banknote was printed from 1970 to replace the 25 Kčs note. The 500 Kčs banknote appeared in 1973. Starting with the 1000 Kčs banknote in 1985, a new, more uniform series (designer: Albín Brunovský) was issued adding a new denomination each year. This process was interrupted by the fall of the communism (and finally by the dissolution of the country) : the new 100 Kčs note issued in 1989 depicted Klement Gottwald, a prominent communist, and was quickly withdrawn after the Velvet Revolution. [1] A new 500 Kčs banknote was meant to be released by 1990 but had stopped in April of 1990 after the end of communism in Czechoslovakia.

ValueDimensionsMain colourLanguageDescriptionDate of
ObverseReverseprintingissuewithdrawal
1958 series
25 Kčs[ citation needed ]140 × 69 mmBlue Czech and Slovak Jan Žižka The Jan Žižka Square in Tábor 19581 December 195831 December 1972
1960–1964 series
3 Kčs113 × 55 mmBlue Slovak and Czech Indication of value Coat of arms 19611 December 196131 December 1967
5 Kčs123 × 59 mmGreen Czech and Slovak Indication of value Coat of arms 19611 December 196131 December 1967
10 Kčs134 × 65 mmBrown Slovak 10 kron ChSSR.jpg

Elementary school pupils Margita Lešková (left) and Marta Lajmonová (right)

10r kron ChSSR.jpg

View of the Orava reservoir

19601 December 196130 June 1988
25 Kčs140 × 69 mmBlue Czech and Slovak 25 kron ChSSR.jpg
Jan Žižka
25r kron ChSSR.jpg
The Jan Žižka Square in Tábor
19612 May 196231 December 1972
50 Kčs150 × 75 mmRed Slovak 50 kron ChSSR.jpg
A Russian soldier and a partisan
50r kron ChSSR.jpg
The Slovnaft refinery in Bratislava
19641 April 196530 June 1991
100 Kčs165 × 81 mmGreen Czech 100 kron ChSSR.jpg
Peasant couple
100r kron ChSSR.jpg
View of Prague with the castle and the Charles Bridge
19611 December 19627 February 1993
1970–1973 series
20 Kčs134 × 59 mmBlue Czech Jan Žižka Imitation of a codex illustration19701 April 197130 June 1991
500 Kčs153 × 67 mmBrown Slovak Partisans of the SNP 1944 Devín Castle 19731 November 19737 February 1993
1985–1989 series
10 Kčs133 × 67 mmBrown Slovak 10 Kcs 1986 obverse.jpg Pavol Országh-Hviezdoslav 10 Kcs 1986 reverse.jpg Orava scene19861 July 19867 February 1993
20 Kčs138 × 67 mmBlue Czech 20 Kcs 1988 obverse.jpg Comenius 20 Kcs 1988 reverse.jpg Illustration related to culture and

education

19881 October 1988
50 Kčs143 × 67 mmRed Slovak 50 Kcs 1987 obverse.jpg Ľudovít Štúr 50 Kcs 1987 reverse.jpg View of Bratislava with the castle (from the restaurant on the top of the pylon of the Most SNP)19871 October 1987
100 Kčs148 × 67 mmGreen Czech 100 Kcs 1989 obverse.jpg Klement Gottwald 100 Kcs 1989 reverse.jpg View of Prague with the castle and the Charles Bridge 19891 October 198931 December 1990
500 Kčs152x67 mmCherry Red Slovak 500 Kcs 1990 obverse.png Motive of the Slovak National Uprising 500 Kcs 1990 reverse.png View of the Strečno Castle above the Váh 1990Unissued
1000 Kčs158 × 67 mmBlue Czech 1000 Kcs 1985 obverse.jpg Bedřich Smetana 1000 Kcs 1985 reverse.jpg View of the Vltava at Vyšehrad 19851 October 19857 February 1993

See also

References

  1. Cuhaj, George S., ed. (2014). Standard catalog of world paper money, Modern issues. 1961 - present. Internet Archive. Iola, WI : Krause Publications. pp. 304–305. ISBN   978-1-4402-4037-9.