The Czech currency is called the Czech crown. Although the Czech Republic is a member of the European Union, the official currency of the country is the Czech crown. You will also be able to take the euro in a store or somewhere else, but at a very unfavorable rate for you. If you are interested in what currency to take to the Czech Republic, what is the exchange rate of the Czech crown against the euro and dollar, where is the best place to exchange money, read this page to the end. Those who come to Prague for the first time may think that the currency of the Czech Republic is the euro, since the country is a member of the European Union and a participant in the Schengen Agreement. No, this is not true. The Czechs have their own national currency, the koruna.
The Czech koruna (koruna means "crown") has been the currency of the Czech Republic since 1993, after the split of Czechoslovakia, and is formally divided into 100 hellers, although heller coins are no longer in use. Coins in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 koruna are currently in circulation. On the obverse of all coins is a lion and the inscription "Czech Republic" (Česká republika).
The 1 crown coin features the crown of St. Wenceslas and the inscription "Czech crown" (koruna česká); the 2 crown coin features a large "2", the letters kč and a large Moravian ornament; On the 5-crown coin - a large figure "5", Charles Bridge, the letters denoting the Czech crown kč and a linden leaf; on the 10-crown coin: variant 1 - the figure "10", the letters kč denoting the Czech crown against the background of the Petrov Cathedral in Brno, in the left corner the inscription "Brno"; variant 2 - a fragment of a clock mechanism, under which the figure "10", the letters kč denoting the Czech crown, and on the outer rim the inscription "year 2000" (rok 2000) in Latin, Czech and Braille; on the 20 crown coin: variant 1 - the number "20", the letters kč denoting the Czech crown, a statue of St. Wenceslas on horseback on Wenceslas Square in Prague and an inscription taken from the same statue; variant 2 - the number "20", the letters kč denoting the Czech crown against the background of a fragment of an astrolabe and the inscription "year 2000" (Rok 2000); On the 50 crown coin - houses typical of Prague and the inscription in Latin: "Praga Mater Urbium" ("Prague is the mother of cities").
Banknotes of the Czech Republic
There are six banknotes in the Czech Republic - 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000 crowns.
The front side of the 100 crown banknote depicts Charles (Karel) IV Luxembourg - King of Germany and Bohemia, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in the 14th century.
200 crowns: obverse - Jan Amos Kamensky: Czech educator, humanist, writer, religious and public figure.
500 crowns: obverse - Bozena Nemchova - Czech writer, founder of modern Czech prose.
1000 crowns: obverse - František Palacký - Czech historian and politician, one of the key figures Czech national movement.
2000 crowns: the obverse depicts Emma Destinova, a famous Czech opera singer.
5000 crowns: the obverse depicts Tomáš Masaryk, a Czech sociologist and psychologist, public figure and statesman, one of the leaders of the movement for the independence of Czechoslovakia, the first president of the Czechoslovak Republic.
Attention!!! Attention!!! Please note that 20 and 50 crown banknotes have been withdrawn from circulation. When exchanging money, be careful that no one slips them to you.
When exchanging money at a bank or exchange office, I recommend calculating in advance how many crowns you are entitled to at the rate indicated there, and then asking them to show you the amount on the calculator. Perhaps you will get a quite acceptable exchange.
Please note that it is impossible to conveniently exchange money in the historical center of Prague. This can only be done outside the "old town". At the airport, exchange exactly as many euros or dollars as you need to get to the center of the capital. It is better to buy crowns in Tbilisi at the "Bank of Georgia", on Freedom Square. Go to the bank's website, find the exchange rate of the crown to the lari and calculate in advance how many lari you will have to pay.
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