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Some banknotes will soon expire. After June 30, it will not be possible to pay several samples worth 100 to 2,000 crowns. But people will have several more years to exchange.
Some banknote designs expire after 30 June. This applies to all values except 5,000 crowns. These are 100 crowns banknotes 1995 and 1997, for the 200-koruna 1996 and 1998. If you have 500-koruna banknotes of the 1995 and 1997 or thousand-koruna 1996 designs at home, they will also cease to apply from 1 July. This also applies to the banknote worth 2,000 crowns in the 1996 and 1999 designs.
“These banknote patterns are most easily identified by the width of the silver stripe – a security element that intersects the banknote vertically. This strip is narrow for banknotes expiring on 30 June 2022 and does not change color when tilted.“the Czech National Bank (CNB) explained in a press release.
Only banknotes in the values of 100 crowns of the 2018 design, 200 crowns of the 2018 design, 500 crowns of the 2009 design, 1,000 crowns of the 2008 design, 2,000 crowns of the 2007 design and 5,000 crowns of the 1999 and 2009 designs will remain in circulation. “For the public, the risk of confusing older, less frequently used banknote designs with counterfeits will be reduced“she wrote about the CNB change.
However, the fact that banknotes expire does not mean that people should throw them out after 1 July. “Banknotes which expire on 30 June 2022 shall be exchanged between all credit institutions carrying out treasury operations between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2024. (banks – editor’s note) as well as the Czech National Bank at its 7 territorial offices (Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Hradec Králové, České Budějovice, Plzeň, Ústí nad Labem). And from July 1, 2024, only the Czech National Bank, “she told the CNB.
“The exchange of invalid banknotes at the Czech National Bank is unlimited in time,“ warned the CNB. However, traders will have the right to reject these banknotes after 30 June.
In May, a man forged several 2,000 bills:
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