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50 Korun
| Issuer | Republika Československá |
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| Year | 1950 |
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| Value | 50 Korun |
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| Reverse description | The left portion of the reverse carries a vignette of two figures — a man wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a woman — shown in close right-facing profile, rendered in warm naturalistic tones characteristic of Svolinský's illustrative style. To their right stands a richly decorated ceremonial pole (máj) adorned with colourful ribbons, bows, and sprigs of greenery set against a pale blue sky, with a mountain range visible on the horizon; a blue guilloche numeral '50' cartouche occupies the right margin. |
| Reverse lettering | PÄŤDESIAT KORÚN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH PODLE VZORU NEVYDANÉ STÁTOVKY 50 Kčs z 29. 8. 1950 |
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The 1950 Czechoslovak series was among the first currency issued under the fully consolidated communist government, following the February 1948 coup. This note came just two years before the catastrophic 1953 monetary reform — a state-engineered devaluation that exchanged old notes at punishing ratios, wiping out private savings and effectively destroying the value of anything still held in hand. Notes from this series were surrendered en masse during that reform, which is why circulated survivors are considerably more common than uncirculated ones: people spent them rather than saved them.
Karel Svolinský was a genuine graphic artist of standing, and Fojtásek's engraving work for the State Printing Works in Prague was technically accomplished. The collaboration here was not a bureaucratic assignment handed to functionaries.