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5000 Korun
| Issuer | Republika Československá (Czechoslovak Republic) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 5000 Korun |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ PĚT TISÍC KORUN ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH SERIE: ČÍSLO: V PRAZE, DNE 6. ČERVENCE 1920. TATO STÁTOVKA VYDÁNA PODLE ZÁKONA ZE DNE 10. DUBNA 1919 ČÍS. 187, SB. Z. A N. PLATÍ MINISTR FINANCÍ PADĚLÁNÍ STÁTOVEK TRESTÁ SE PODLE ZÁKONA 5000 |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ PĚT TISÍC KORUN PÄT TISÍC KORUN FÜNF TAUSEND KRONEN ПЯТЬ ТЫСЯЧЪ КОРОНЪ ÖT EZER KORONA 5000 |
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The highest denomination of the first Czechoslovak note series, this 5000 Korun was printed by the American Bank Note Company as part of a contract placed almost immediately after the republic's proclamation in October 1918. The new state had no printing infrastructure of its own, and ABNC was a logical choice — the company had already supplied banknotes to numerous governments in transition or crisis.
Relatively few were printed compared to the lower denominations, and the note's size reflects ABNC's high-denomination conventions of the period rather than any Czechoslovak specification. Circulation at this value was limited almost entirely to institutional and commercial transactions.