Banknotes of the Czech koruna

Czech koruna paper money is part of the physical form of the Czech Republic's currency. All Czech paper money are banknotes. First overstamped Czechoslovak koruna banknotes served as legal tender in the just-created Czech Republic. Later but still in 1993, the first original Czech banknotes appeared. These are still printed with small modifications.

Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Language	Description		Date of
				Obverse	Reverse	printing	issue	withdrawal
Czechoslovak banknotes
10 Kčs	133 × 67 mm	Brown	Slovak	Pavol Országh-Hviezdoslav	Orava scene	1986	7 February 1993	31 July 1993
20 Kčs	138 × 67 mm	Blue	Czech	Comenius	Illustration related to culture and education	1988	7 February 1993	31 July 1993
50 Kčs	143 × 67 mm	Red	Slovak	Ľudovít Štúr	View of Bratislava with the castle (from the restaurant on the top of the pylon of the Nový Most)	1987	7 February 1993	31 July 1993
Overstamped Czechoslovak banknotes
100 Kč	165 × 81 mm	Green	Czech	Peasant couple	View of Prague with the castle and the Charles Bridge	1961	7 February 1993	31 August 1993
500 Kč	153 × 67 mm	Brown	Slovak	Partisans of the SNP 1944	Devín Castle	1973	7 February 1993	31 August 1993
1000 Kč	158 × 67 mm	Blue	Czech	Bedřich Smetana	View of the Vltava at Vyšehrad	1985	7 February 1993	31 August 1993

The Czech coat of arms can be found on the reverse side of all denominations.

Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Description		Date of
			Obverse	Reverse	printing	issue	withdrawal	lapse
First original (second 1993) series
20 Kč	128 × 64 mm	Blue	Přemysl Otakar I and his seal	Crown	1994	20 April 1994	31 August 2008	31 August 2014[1]
50 Kč	134 × 64 mm	Red	Saint Agnes of Bohemia and the Sacred Heart	St. Salvator’s Church ceiling (part of Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia in Prague) and ornamental letter A	1993	6 October 1993	31 January 2007	until further notice
					1994	21 December 1994	31 March 2011	31 March 2017[2]
					1997	10 September 1997	31 March 2011
100 Kč	140 × 69 mm	Green, pink	Charles IV	Seal of Charles University	1993	30 June 1993	31 January 2007	until further notice
					1995	21 June 1995	current
					1997	15 October 1997	current
200 Kč	146 × 69 mm	Brown, orange	John Amos Comenius	Orbis Pictus, an adult’s hand passing to a child’s hand	1993	8 February 1993	31 January 2007	until further notice
					1996	14 August 1996	current
					1998	6 January 1999	current
500 Kč	152 × 69 mm	Brown, pink	Božena Němcová and rose	Laureate woman symbolizing all woman characters in Němcová’s books	1993	21 July 1993	31 January 2007	until further notice
					1995	27 December 1995	current
					1997	18 March 1998	current
1000 Kč	158 × 74 mm	Violet	František Palacký, uprooted tree	Eagle spread its wings over the Archbishop’s Castle in Kroměříž, where a constitution preparig parliament of Austrian Empire was held in 1848	1993	12 May 1993	30 June 2001	until further notice
					1996	6 December 1996	current
					2008	1 April 2008	current
2000 Kč	164 × 74 mm	Green	Emmy Destinn	Euterpe and musical motifs like violin	1996	1 October 1996	current
					1999	1 December 1999	current
5000 Kč	170 × 74 mm	Dark blue, violet	Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk	Gothic and Baroque buildings in Prague, in centre dominating St. Vitus Cathedral	1993	15 December 1993	30 June 2001	until further notice
					1999	8 September 1999	current

References

1. ^ Czech National Bank
2. ^ 50 Koruna

External links

• Ron Wise's Banknoteworld: Czechoslovakia
• Ron Wise's Banknoteworld: Czech Republic