Slovak koruna

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The Slovak koruna or Slovak crown (in Slovak slovenská koruna; "koruna" means crown) has been the currency of Slovakia since February 8, 1993. It replaced the Czechoslovak koruna at par - see there for history. The ISO 4217 code is SKK and the local acronym is Sk. One koruna equals 100 haliers (abbreviated as "hal." or simply "h", in Slovak singular: halier). The acronym is placed behind the numeric value.

In the Slovak language, the basic forms "koruna" and "halier" are used in their genitive forms, i.e. "korún" and "halierov" (only) after most numerals, unless the preposition or other circumstances require another case.

Contents 1 WWII koruna 1.1 Coins 1.2 Banknotes 2 Coins 3 Banknotes 4 Historical exchange rates 5 See also 6 Notes

[edit] WWII koruna

A separate koruna (Slovak: koruna slovenská, note the different word ordering from today's koruna) existed in the WWII Slovak Republic from 1939 to 1945. The WWII Slovak Republic was an ally of Nazi Germany and the present-day Slovakia is not considered the successor state. The Slovak koruna replaced the Czechoslovak koruna at par and was replaced by the reconstituted Czechoslovak koruna, again at par. Its abbreviation was Ks and it comprised 100 h.

[edit] Coins

Coins were available in 5, 10, 20, 50 h, 1, 5, 10, 20, and 50 Ks. Compared to pre-war Czechoslovak koruna, the Slovak koruna coins had an addition of 50 Ks, the silver content of the 10 and 20 Ks coins was reduced from 700 ‰ to 500 ‰, and all but 5 Ks shrank in physical sizes.

Designers: Anton Hám, Andrej Peter, Gejza Angyal, Ladislav Majerský and František Štefunko. Coins were minted in the Kremnica Mint.

WWII Issues
Image		Value	Technical parameters			Description			Date of
Obverse	Reverse		Diameter	Mass	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse	first minting	issue	withdrawal
		5 h	14 mm	0.94 g	Zinc	Smooth	Coat of arms, SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA[1], year of minting	Indication of value	1942	14 December 1942	31 December 1947
		10 h	16 mm	1.65 g	Brass 92% copper 8% zinc	Smooth	Coat of arms, "SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting	Indication of value, view of Bratislava with the castle and the Danube	1939	20 November 1939	31 December 1947
		20 h	18 mm	2.5 g				Indication of value, view of the Nitra Castle	1940	15 May 1940	31 July 1943
		20 h	18 mm	0.65 g	Aluminium	Smooth	Coat of arms, "SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting	Indication of value, view of the Nitra Castle	1942	28 November 1942	31 May 1948
		50 h	20 mm	3.33 g	Cupronickel 80% copper 20% nickel			Indication of value, plough	1940	12 March 1941	29 February 1948
		50 h		0.97 g	Aluminium	Milled			1943	15 September 1943
		1 Ks	22 mm	5 g	Cupronickel 80% copper 20% nickel			Indication of value	1940	31 December 1940	31 May 1947
		5 Ks	27 mm	8 g	Nickel		Coat of arms, indication of value, year of minting	Andrej Hlinka, "ZA BOHA ŽIVOT. ZA NÁROD SLOBODU"	1939	26 July 1939
		10 Ks	29 mm	7 g	500‰ silver	Smooth	Coat of arms, "SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting	Indication of value, Pribina, "PRIBINA + 861 KNIEŽA SLOVENSKA"	1944	10 August 1944	31 December 1947
		20 Ks	31 mm	15 g		Milled	Coat of arms, "SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA", indication of value	Jozef Tiso, "DR. JOZEF TISO - PRVÝ PREZIDENT SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY", date of minting	1939	26 October 1939
		20 Ks					Coat of arms, "SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting	Indication of value, Saint Cyril and Methodius	1941	6 October 1941
		50 Ks	34 mm	16.5 g	700‰ silver		Coat of arms, "SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA", indication of value	Jozef Tiso, "VERNÍ SEBE - SVORNE NAPRED", year of minting	1944	13 March 1944
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimeter, a standard for world coins. For table standards, see the coin specification table.

Source:

• Biľak, M. - Jízdný, M. (1988). Zberatelský katalóg mincí Československa. Československá Numizmatická Spoločnosť, Pobočka Košice. ISBN ?.

[edit] Banknotes

Banknotes were initially overprinted 100, 500, and 1000 Czechoslovak korunas. And later denominations exists in 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000, and 5000 Ks. Besides Slovak, the denominations was also written in German, Rusyn, and Hungarian on the back of the banknotes.

[edit] Coins

1 Slovak koruna 1996
Coat of arms	Madonna with child

The 10 and 20 h coins were taken out of circulation by 31 December 2003. Motifs from the Slovak history are depicted on the reverse sides.

• 50 h - the Renaissance polygonal tower of Devín Castle
• 1 Sk - the Gothic wooden sculpture of the Madonna with child (A.D. 1500)
• 2 Sk - the earthen sculpture of the sitting Venus (4th millennium B.C.)
• 5 Sk - the reverse of the Celtic coin named Biatec (1st century B.C.)
• 10 Sk - the bronze cross from the 11th century

[edit] Banknotes

Main motifs on the front side of the banknotes represents important personalities living in the territory of the present Slovakia in various historical eras. On the back side of the banknotes these motifs are completed by depicting places where these personalities lived and were acitive.

• 20 Sk - Pribina, the first known Slovak ruler of the Principality of Nitra, located in present-day Slovakia
• 50 Sk - Saints Cyril and Methodius, the first Slav missionaries
• 100 Sk - The Madonna from the Altar of Birth in St. Jacob's Church at Levoča
• 200 Sk - Anton Bernolák, linguist, author of one of the first versions of Slovak litarary language
• 500 Sk - Ľudovít Štúr, outstanding linguist, founder of the current Slovak literary language
• 1000 Sk - Andrej Hlinka, eminent personality, politician in the beginning of the 20th century
• 5000 Sk - Milan Rastislav Štefánik, outstanding diplomat, politician, soldier and astronomer, co-founder of Czechoslovakia.

[edit] Historical exchange rates

Against euro from 1999 to 2005. As may be seen from the graph, the currency has been strengthening as Slovakia's economy does the same. Currently (November 25, 2006), 1 Euro = 35.699 Sk, and 1 Kč (Czech koruna) = 1.2746 Sk.

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[edit] See also

• Bohemian and Moravian koruna
• Czech koruna
• Czechoslovak koruna
• Slovak euro coins

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Slovak Republic

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