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10 Korun
| Issuer | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Czechoslovak revalidation stamp of 10 Haléřů, printed in blue with the Bohemian lion arms vignette, affixed at lower left over the Hungarian text of the underlying Austro-Hungarian Bank 10 Korona note dated 1904. The base note carries a central vignette of a young woman in a circular medallion at right, with the Hungarian-language legend TIZ KORONA and serial number above. The overprinted stamp reads SLOVENSKYCH KRAJIN and served to validate the note for circulation within Czechoslovakia. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse of the underlying Austro-Hungarian Bank 10 Kronen note of 1904, printed in violet and green, with the same young woman vignette in a circular medallion at right. The central text reads ZEHN KRONEN in large letterpress, with the German-language authorization legend above and the inscription OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK below, flanked by the signatures of the Generalrat, Gouverneur, and Generalsekretär. Elaborate guilloche underprint fills the background throughout. |
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Czechoslovakia declared independence in October 1918 and almost immediately faced a serious monetary problem: the new state was flooded with Austro-Hungarian currency it had no control over. The solution, executed in February and March 1919, was a rapid stamping operation — existing Austro-Hungarian notes were overprinted with Czechoslovak stamps and temporarily retained as legal tender while the new government scrambled to establish its own issue. This 10 Korun note belongs to that transitional moment, when the newly formed republic was printing its first sovereign currency under considerable time pressure.
The unlisted Pick status reflects genuine cataloging uncertainty that still surrounds some of the earliest Czechoslovak emissions.