2019-11-25 Mon

Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The capital and largest city is Bratislava and the official language is Slovak. Slovakia was a part of the sovereign state of Czechoslovakia until its dissolution into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. Slovakia is a high-income advanced economy with a very high Human Development Index, and a very high standard of living.

The koruna was the currency of the Slovak Republic from 1939 to 1945 and from 1993 to 2008 until Euro became the official currency in 2009. The note depicted besides is a 100 Korun banknote issued in 2000. The note specifications are as follows:

The obverse depicts Madona from the Altar of Birth in St. Jacob´s Church at Levoca to right. This Gothic ornamental sculpture was the work of the outstanding medieval artist - sculpture and wood-carver Master Pavol of Levoca.
The reverse depicts the Town of Levoca where master Pavol was active. The main motifs shown on the reverse are from the two dominants monuments of the town - the church of the St. Jacob and the city hall. This motive is overprinted by an illustration of a gothic stone head from the sacristy of the old church of the minority order at Levoca.

This note has the Portrait of Madonna as its watermark.

Image Courtesy: https://www.kolekcionar.hr/