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25 Korun
| Issuer | Státní Banka Československá (State Bank of Czechoslovakia) |
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| Year | 1958 |
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| Value | 25 Korun (25 CSK) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANKOVKA STÁTNÍ BANKY ČESKOSLOVENSKÉ BANKOVKA ŠTÁTNEJ BANKY ČESKOSLOVENSKEJ DVACET PĚT KORUN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH DVADSAŤ PÄŤ KORÚN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH 1958 KAREL SVOLINSKÝ INV. DEL. STÁTNÍ TISKÁRNA CENIN PRAHA JINDRA SCHMIDT SC. |
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| Reverse lettering | TÁBOR KAREL SVOLINSKÝ JINDRA SCHMIDT |
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The 1958 series was part of a sweeping post-reform reissue following the brutal 1953 monetary reform, in which Czechoslovak citizens lost substantial savings overnight through a punishing conversion rate — 50 old crowns to 1 new for cash holdings above minimal amounts. Public trust in paper money had not recovered, and these notes circulated in an atmosphere of lingering resentment.
Karel Svolinský was a genuinely distinguished choice — a National Artist whose work spanned postage stamps, stained glass, and book illustration. Jindřich Schmidt's engraving for the Státní Tiskárna Cenin was precise work from a printer that had handled Czech security printing since the interwar republic.