Banknotes of the Czech koruna

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Czech koruna paper money is part of the physical form of Czechia'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.

Czechoslovak banknotes
Image Value Dimensions Main Colour Language Description Date of
Obverse Reverse Obverse Reverse printing issue withdrawal
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
[[Image:|116px]] [[Image:|116px]] 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
[[Image:|107px]] [[Image:|107px]] 500 Kč 153 × 67 mm Brown Slovak Partisans of the SNP 1944 Devín Castle 1973 7 February 1993 31 August 1993
[[Image:|111px]] [[Image:|111px]] 1000 Kč 158 × 67 mm Blue Czech Bedřich Smetana View of the Vltava at Vyšehrad 1985 7 February 1993 31 August 1993
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These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a Wikipedia standard for world banknotes. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.


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

First Original (Second 1993) Series
Image Value Dimensions Main Colour Description Date of
Obverse Reverse Obverse Reverse printing issue withdrawal lapse
[1] [2] 20 Kč 128 × 64 mm Blue Přemysl Otakar I
& his seal		 Crown 1994 20 April 1994 current
[3] [4] 50 Kč 134 × 64 mm Red Saint Agnes of Bohemia
& the Sacred Heart		 cathedral ceiling
& letter A		 1993 6 October 1993 31 January 2007 until further notice
1994 21 December 1994 current
1997 10 September 1997 current
[5] [6] 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
[7] [8] 200 Kč 146 × 69 mm Brown, orange Comenius Orbis Pictus
adult reaching out to a child		 1993 8 February 1993 31 January 2007 until further notice
1996 14 August 1996 current
1998 6 January 1999 current
[9] [10] 500 Kč 152 × 69 mm Brown, pink Božena Němcová
& rose		 Laureate woman 1993 21 July 1993 31 January 2007 until further notice
1995 27 December 1995 current
1997 18 March 1998 current
[11] [12] 1000 Kč 158 × 74 mm Violet František Palacký
uprooted tree		 eagle spread its wing
over the Kromêriz Castle		 1993 12 May 1993 30 June 2001 until further notice
1996 6 December 1996 current
[13] [14] 2000 Kč 164 × 74 mm Green Emmy Destinn Euterpe
with musical instruments		 1996 1 October 1996 current
1999 1 December 1999 current
[15] [16] 5000 Kč 170 × 74 mm Dark blue, violet Tomáš Masaryk historical buildings in Prague 1993 15 December 1993 30 June 2001 until further notice
1999 8 September 1999 current
For table standards, see the banknote specification table.