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1000 Korun
| Issuer | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | TAUSEND KRONEN OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK DIE NACHMACHUNG DER BANKNOTEN WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT SERIE WIEN 2. JÄNNER 1902 |
| Reverse description | The reverse corresponds to the Hungarian side of the underlying Austro-Hungarian 1000 Kronen note, similarly overprinted with the Czechoslovak reddish-black validation stamp. The design mirrors the obverse layout with multilingual denomination inscriptions and guilloche border patterns characteristic of the Austro-Hungarian Bank issues of the period. |
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Pick 5 was among the first notes issued by the newly independent Czechoslovak state following the collapse of Austria-Hungary. The practical problem facing Prague in early 1919 was both urgent and unglamorous: there were no presses, no infrastructure, and no time. The solution was to overstamp existing Austro-Hungarian banknotes with Czechoslovak revenue stamps — a process carried out hastily between February and March 1919 as part of the currency separation from the former empire.
At the 1000 Koruna level, forgeries of the overstamp were a documented concern almost immediately. The government's response was a rapid transition to purpose-printed issues, which effectively shortened the circulation window of the stamped notes and now makes genuine, properly stamped examples worth careful scrutiny.