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1 Koruna
| Issuer | Tuzex (Podnik Zahraničního Obchodu) |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned券 with fine guilloche border framing the central text panel. The bold heading ODBĚRNÍ POUKAZ is set above the denomination 1 Kčs flanked by two Tuzex globe vignettes. Series date II/1989 appears at upper left, with a red serial number at upper right; printer code STC at foot. |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream stock bearing a single large central guilloche rosette in ochre-yellow, formed by interlocking fine-line lathe-work patterns of oval and lozenge forms. No text, numerals, or additional design elements are present. |
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Tuzex was Czechoslovakia's state-run foreign currency retail network — a chain of hard-currency shops where ordinary citizens could buy imported goods unavailable in socialist shops, provided they had "bony," the internal vouchers issued in exchange for foreign currency. This 1 Koruna bón was part of that parallel system, which ran from 1957 until the Velvet Revolution effectively killed its reason for existing. The bony were officially tied to foreign currency deposits but traded on a thriving black market at steep premiums — possessing them without a sanctioned source was technically illegal.
The 1989 issue is the final series; within months the entire Tuzex apparatus was dismantled as currency restrictions collapsed.