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1000 Korun
| Issuer | Česká Národní Banka (Czech National Bank) |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Printer | Státní Tiskárna Cenin, Prague, Czech Republic (1953-date) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of František Palacký, the Czech historian and statesman, occupies the right side of the note against a purple and lilac guilloche underprint. At centre, the denomination TISÍC KORUN ČESKÝCH is inscribed in large letters beneath a stylised linden tree vignette, with the issuer name ČESKÁ NÁRODNÍ BANKA below. The numeral 1000 appears in large format at upper left, with the date and a facsimile signature at lower centre. |
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| Variants | P#15a - series C P#15b - series D P#15c - series E P#15d - series F |
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Kulhánek designed the full Czech banknote series introduced after the 1993 dissolution of Czechoslovakia, and this 1000 Kč note — engraved by Václav Fajt at Státní Tiskárna Cenin — is widely considered the strongest piece in that set. Fajt's intaglio work is genuinely fine; the depth and tonal range he achieved through engraving rather than offset printing gives the note a tactile quality that distinguishes it from most contemporary European issues of the period.
The 1996 date places this within the second printing run of P#15, following minor security revisions to the thread specification introduced after the initial 1993 release.