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50 Korun
| Issuer | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Two female heads in medallion vignettes flank the central text panel, set against an ornate floral and foliate underprint in brown and olive tones. The central panel carries the large bold letterpress inscription PADESÁT KORUN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH with the numeral 50 at the top, the issue date 15 DUBNA 1919, and a facsimile signature of the Minister of Finance below. The left border bears a vertical inscription reading PADESÁT KORUN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH. |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ 50 50 PADESÁT KORUN PÄŤDESIAT KORÚN ПЯТДЕСЯТЬ КОРОНЬ FÜNFZIG KONEN PIĘĆDZIESIĄT KORON ÖTVEN KORONA ČSR (Translation: Czechoslovak Republic 50 Fifty crowns) |
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Czechoslovakia declared independence in October 1918 and needed paper currency almost immediately. This 50 Korun was issued in 1919 as part of the first sovereign series, printed domestically by A. Haase in Prague — a firm with roots going back to the late eighteenth century that had previously served the Austro-Hungarian administration in Bohemia. The choice of a local printer was partly practical, partly political: the new state had to demonstrate it could produce its own money.
The Haase firm's long history in commercial printing meant the technical capacity was there, but the note still reflects the constraints of a newly independent state working quickly under postwar conditions.