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2000 Korun
| Issuer | Česká Národní Banka (Czech National Bank) |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Size | 164 × 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of opera singer Ema Destinnová at right, rendered in fine engraved line work against a guilloche underprint in green and violet tones. A lyre vignette framed by laurel branches occupies the centre-left of the note, with the large numeral '2000' in green letterpress at upper left. The denomination legend 'DVA TISÍCE KORUN ČESKÝCH' and issuer name 'ČESKÁ NÁRODNÍ BANKA' are inscribed in the central field, with the date '1999' below. |
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| Protection description | Watermark portrait of Ema Destinnová visible when held to light; embedded security thread with microtext; iridescent stripe on reverse. |
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The 2000 Kč note is the highest denomination in regular Czech circulation and was introduced in part to reduce handling costs as inflation steadily eroded the practical utility of lower values. Kulhánek designed the entire post-1993 Czech banknote series following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, giving it a visual coherence unusual for a currency assembled under political urgency. Ondráček's engraving work on this series is among the finer intaglio output from Státní tiskárna cenin, whose Prague facility handles both domestic and some foreign security printing contracts.