Slovak koruna
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
halierov (abbreviated as "hal.", 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.
| 1000 korún of the WWII Slovak Republic |
| | 100 korún of the WWII Slovak Republic |
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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
halierovCoins were available in 5, 10, 20, 50, halierov, 1, 5, 10, 20, and 50 korún. Compared to pre-war
Czechoslovak koruna, the Slovak koruna coins had an addition of 50 korún, the silver content of the 10 and 20 koruna coins was reduced from 700‰ to 500‰, and all but 5 korún shrank in physical sizes.
Banknotes were initially overprinted 100, 500, and 1000
Czechoslovak korún. And later denominations exists in 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000, and 5000 korún. Besides
Slovak, the denominations was also written in
German,
Russian, and
Hungarian.
| Slovak koruna | | front | back |
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| 1 Slovak koruna (1996) |
The 10 and 20 halier coins were taken out of circulation by
31 December 2003. Motifs from the
Slovak history are depicted on the reverse sides.
*50 hal. - 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
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.
Against euro from 1999 to 2005
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Bohemian and Moravian koruna*
Czech koruna*
Czechoslovak koruna*
Slovak euro coins
