CURRENCY

MAP

South : Austria

• North : Poland

• East : Slovakia

• West and north:

Germany

INTRODUCTION

• Czechoslovakia= Czech Republic+ Slovakia

• Get the independence on January 1, 1993.

• Capital : Prague, largest city

• Official language: Czech

ETHNIC GROUPS

• 81% Czech• 13% Moravian• 6% others:• Slovaks• Poles• Germans • Gypsies• Hungarians

MINORITY LANGUAGES

• Slovak

• German

• Hungarian

• Romany

BANKNOTES

• 20 KORUNA • King Premysl Otakar• Crown • 1 January 1996• Printed by STC Praha

(State Security Printing Office Prague)

50 KORUNA

• St. Agles of Bohemia

• 10 September 1997

• Printed by STC Praha

• 1993, printed by Thomas De La Rue, England

100 KORUNA

• King Karel IV• Large seal • 15 October 1997• Printed by STC Praha • 1993, Thomas De La

Rue, England

200 KORUNA

• J.A. Komensky • Hands• 6 January 1999• Printed by STC Praha• Signature of the vice-

governor of the bank

500 KORUNA

• B. Nemcova • Laureate woman • 18 March 1998• Printed by STC Praha • 1993, printed by

Thomas De La Rue, England

1000 KORUNA

• F. Palacky

• Eagle

• 6 December 1996

• Printed by STC Praha

2000 KORUNA

• E. Destinova

• Lyre, violin; music

• 1 December 1999

• Printed by STC Praha

5000 KORUNA

• T.G. Masaryk

• Gothic and Baroque

• 8 September 1999

• Printed by STC Praha

SOURCES

• http://www.mapzones.com/world/europe/czech_republic

• http://www.cnb.cz/en/• http://www.myczechrepublic.com/basics/

czech_currency.html• www.worldatlas.com/webimage/flags/countrys/

europe/czechrep.htm• http://www.banknotes.com/cz.htm• http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/banknotes/

czech_republic/CzechRepublicP10a-20Korun-1994-donatedth_b.jpg

Presented by

• Seda Küçükoğlu