Bohemia and Moravia: occupation by Germany (1939-1944)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the period in which Nazi Germany invaded the country, creating the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (with all the country's territories but Sudetenland, Sudeten German speakers) leaded by Emil Hácha. There are banknotes of 1 korun, 5 korun, 10 korun, 20 korun, 50 korun, 100 korun, 1,000 korun and 5,000 korun.

5 korun/Kronen (pět korun/fünf Kronen)

This banknotes worth 5 korun was first circulated in 1940. On the main side right, you can see a woman in a a frame, with four 5's surrounding it. In the center appears the written value of the banknote and the name of the country in German (Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren) and Czech (Protektorát Čechy a Morava). In the lower part there is a text in both languages saying that counterfeiting will be punished. All these texts are surrounded by other four 5's. In the left part appears another two 5's, one of them in a laurel wreath.

On the other side of the banknote there's another woman in the left. In the right there are two 5's and in the center appears the name of the country and the written value of the banknote in both German and Czech, plus the coat of arms of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. This banknote has no digital watermark. The size of this banknote is 12.9 cm x 6.2 cm.