# Banknotes of the Czechoslovak koruna (1953)

The first banknotes of the third Czechoslovak koruna were issued by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in denominations of 1, 3 and 5 korun (state notes) and by the State Bank in denominations of 10, 25, 50 and 100 korun (banknotes). From 1958, new 25, 10, 100 and finally 50 Kčs banknotes were designed, and the state notes were gradually replaced by coins during the 1960s. The 20 Kčs banknote was printed from 1970 to replace the 25 Kčs note. The 500 Kčs banknote appeared in 1973. Starting with the 1000 Kčs banknote in 1985, a new, more uniform series (designer: Albín Brunovský) was issued adding a new denomination each year. This process was interrupted by the fall of the communism (and finally by the dissolution of the country) : the new 100 Kčs note issued in 1989 depicted Klement Gottwald, a prominent communist and was quickly withdrawn after the Velvet Revolution. A new 500 Kčs banknote was meant to be released by 1990 but had stopped in April of 1990 after the end of communism in Czechoslovakia.
| Value | Dimensions | Main colour | Language | Description | Description | Date of | Date of | Date of |
| Value | Dimensions | Main colour | Language | Obverse | Reverse | printing | issue | withdrawal |
| 1958 series |||||||||
| 25 Kčs | 140 × 69 mm | Blue | Czech and Slovak | Jan Žižka | The Jan Žižka Square in Tábor | 1958 | 1 December 1958 | 31 December 1972 |
| 1960–1964 series |||||||||
| 3 Kčs | 113 × 55 mm | Blue | Slovak and Czech | Indication of value | Coat of arms | 1961 | 1 December 1961 | 31 December 1967 |
| 5 Kčs | 123 × 59 mm | Green | Czech and Slovak | Indication of value | Coat of arms | 1961 | 1 December 1961 | 31 December 1967 |
| 10 Kčs | 134 × 65 mm | Brown | Slovak | Elementary school pupils Margita Lešková (left) and Marta Lajmonová (right) | View of the Orava reservoir | 1960 | 1 December 1961 | 30 June 1988 |
| 25 Kčs | 140 × 69 mm | Blue | Czech and Slovak | Jan Žižka | The Jan Žižka Square in Tábor | 1961 | 2 May 1962 | 31 December 1972 |
| 50 Kčs | 150 × 75 mm | Red | Slovak | A Russian soldier and a partisan | The Slovnaft refinery in Bratislava | 1964 | 1 April 1965 | 30 June 1991 |
| 100 Kčs | 165 × 81 mm | Green | Czech | Peasant couple | View of Prague with the castle and the Charles Bridge | 1961 | 1 December 1962 | 7 February 1993 |
| 1970–1973 series |||||||||
| 20 Kčs | 134 × 59 mm | Blue | Czech | Jan Žižka | Imitation of a codex illustration | 1970 | 1 April 1971 | 30 June 1991 |
| 500 Kčs | 153 × 67 mm | Brown | Slovak | Partisans of the SNP 1944 | Devín Castle | 1973 | 1 November 1973 | 7 February 1993 |
| 1985–1989 series |||||||||
| 10 Kčs | 133 × 67 mm | Brown | Slovak | Pavol Országh-Hviezdoslav | Orava scene | 1986 | 1 July 1986 | 7 February 1993 |
| 20 Kčs | 138 × 67 mm | Blue | Czech | Comenius | Illustration related to culture and education | 1988 | 1 October 1988 | 7 February 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 Most SNP) | 1987 | 1 October 1987 | 7 February 1993 |
| 100 Kčs | 148 × 67 mm | Green | Czech | Klement Gottwald | View of Prague with the castle and the Charles Bridge | 1989 | 1 October 1989 | 31 December 1990 |
| 500 Kčs | 152x67 mm | Cherry Red | Slovak | Motive of the Slovak National Uprising | View of the Strečno Castle above the Váh | 1990 | Unissued | Unissued |
| 1000 Kčs | 158 × 67 mm | Blue | Czech | Bedřich Smetana | View of the Vltava at Vyšehrad | 1985 | 1 October 1985 | 7 February 1993 |