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2000 Korún
| Issuer | Republika Československá |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Value | 2000 Korún |
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| Obverse description | Olive-green note with a fine guilloche border frame. At centre-right, an allegorical vignette shows a seated female figure with a Czechoslovak lion shield, surrounded by ornamental scrollwork. The heading reads REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ above the bold gothic-style inscription DVETISÍC KORUN, with trilingual denomination text in Czech, Slovak, and Russian below the year 1945. A serial number appears at lower left and a series indicator at upper left. |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ 2000 DVETISÍC KORÚN |
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This note was issued by the reconstituted Czechoslovak Republic immediately following liberation — the 1945 series was prepared in part during the war years under exile conditions, with certain denominations printed in London by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. The 2000 Korún is the highest denomination of that postwar restoration issue, and high-denomination notes from this series saw limited public circulation before the February 1946 currency reform sharply curtailed their role.
The reform required mandatory exchange and registration of larger holdings, effectively freezing out wartime profiteers. High-face notes were scrutinized most aggressively, which drove many into destruction rather than submission for exchange.