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First Czechoslovakian banknote issue, 10 korun (1919, provisional)[edit]
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The brief 1919 provisional issue of Czechoslovakian banknotes (less than five months) used a 1915 Austro-Hungarian Bank issue as its base. Affixing an adhesive stamp equal to 1/100 the value of the note (i.e., 1 koruna = 100 haleru) to the left front side served as validation of legal tender status in the Republic of Czechoslovakia. Following currency reform, the first regular issue banknotes were printed with a date of 15 April 1919. - Articles in which this image appears
- Banknotes of the Czechoslovak koruna (1919), Czechoslovak koruna (recent addition to both, low traffic articles, only image in each)
- FP category for this image
- Currency
- Creator
- Austro-Hungarian Bank and the Republic of Czechoslovakia
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.
- Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 04:19, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
- Support - Ooh, I like this one. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:31, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
- Comment The uneven black space between the two notes is irritating my OCD ;) --Muhammad(talk) 11:28, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
- Support — Historically intriguing, partly for the language/minority issues that plagued this part of Europe for so long. Sca (talk) 14:00, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
- Support - why is the upper banknote written in Hungarian while the lower is in German? I know Hungarians say korona to Swedish kronas. Hafspajen (talk) 14:46, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
- German and Hungarian were the two official languages of Austria-Hungary, which originally issued this banknote — and where seven or eight other languages were spoken. This is a temporary adaptation of an old A-H note by the newly formed Czechoslovak Republic (where Czech/Slovak and German were the main languages at the time). Sca (talk) 15:15, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
- Support - I too noticed the uneven black lines but the historical importance and overall quality of the image have mooted that concern, especially with the explanation about the uneven cut. A fascinating photo of an era of transition. Jusdafax 21:40, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
- Support - per Haf's question the note has the denomination in ten languages (2 main and 8 subsidiary)- Czech, Polish, Russian, Italian, Croat?, Slovene?, Bulgarian and Romanian. But not Serbian… Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 07:25, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
Promoted File:CZE-1-Republika Ceskoslovenska-10 Korun (1919, Provisional issue).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:27, 29 October 2014 (UTC)