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50 Korun
| Issuer | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 50 Korun |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is the Hungarian-language face of the Austro-Hungarian Bank's 50 Korona note dated Bécs, 1914 január 2., printed in blue-violet tones with an ornate guilloche border. A central oval vignette portrays a young woman in three-quarter profile, surrounded by decorative rosette and floral underprint elements. A rectangular Czechoslovak validation stamp of 50 Haleru — bearing the Czechoslovak lion arms — is affixed at the lower right, with serial number and control numerals in the upper right corner. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents the German-language face of the underlying Austro-Hungarian 50 Kronen note, printed in muted rose-violet hues, with a central oval vignette of the same female portrait flanked by ornamental guilloche medallions and cross-pattée motifs at the corners. The left panel carries a vertical multi-language denomination panel listing the note's value in eight languages of the Austro-Hungarian Empire against a decorative scroll background. The lower register bears the issuer inscription and two facsimile signature lines. |
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Czechoslovakia's first paper currency series, issued immediately after independence was declared in October 1918, drew heavily on designs prepared under Habsburg authority — the new state had neither the time nor the infrastructure to commission entirely original artwork. The 50 Korun (Pick 3) was released in 1919 as the provisional government raced to establish a sovereign monetary system distinct from the collapsed Austro-Hungarian crown.
The most consequential early act was the "stamping" operation of February–March 1919, in which Austrian and Hungarian banknotes circulating in the new republic were physically stamped to convert them into Czechoslovak currency. This note belongs to the subsequent phase — purpose-printed Czechoslovak issue — but the political pressure behind its rapid production is legible in its design compromises.