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5000 Korun
| Issuer | Národná Banka Slovenska (National Bank of Slovakia) |
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| Year | 1995 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown-violet and pale yellow-brown tones on a multicolour guilloche underprint, with an intaglio portrait of Milan Rastislav Štefánik at right. A vignette at centre depicts the Sun and Moon in stylised form, referencing Štefánik's career as an astronomer. The issuer's name and denomination are rendered in intaglio lettering. |
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| Reverse lettering | NÁRODNÁ BANKA SLOVENSKA 5000 V BRATISLAVE 3. APRÍLA 1995 J. BUBÁK DEL. V. FAJT SC. (Translation: NATIONAL BANK OF SLOVAKIA 5000 IN BRATISLAVA 3 APRIL 1995) |
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The 5000 Korun was the highest denomination issued by Národná Banka Slovenska during the Slovak koruna period, and it was a politically significant commission — newly independent Slovakia needed a prestige note that could hold its own against established European currencies. Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig facility had inherited substantial intaglio expertise from its pre-unification East German operations, and the engraving by Václav Fajt reflects that tradition.
The denomination was demonetized when Slovakia adopted the euro on 1 January 2009, ending a koruna series that had existed for only sixteen years following the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993.