Currency Czech Republic: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.

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Czech Republic - a small country with a surprisingly intense and rich history, which throughout its existence has played an important role in the political and economic scene in Europe.And along with the course of the history of this state, with its ups and downs, and it changed the monetary units.

first currency of the Czech Republic, which became known to historians - is dinar.They were in vogue in the state in X-XI centuries.But a small number of mints in Europe and the lack of competition among them, gradually led to a significant drop in the quality of metal from which the cast dinars.After losing their quality, they have lost much of the ability to pay, and even changed the name.The new coins, called "braktiaty" were very thin and of poor quality, so only used as a domestic currency.In other European countries they were not walking.

This internal currency was in circulation until 1300, when the decree of Wenceslas II was the currency reform.It eventually became the union distributed into national monetary systems, improving the quality of the coins and their unification and the emergence of Prague pennies.Since the new money were very high quality, they have become the navigating throughout Europe and the new Czech currency has brought tangible economic stability of the state.

Later pennies replaced by Flora, who later changed ducats.Release of this currency in the Czech Republic continues to this day, but today it is no longer valid currency, and souvenirs reminiscent of the history of money.

famous Maria Theresa has revolutionized the field of money circulation and the state from 1762, the currency in the Czech Republic was not the metal, and paper.We called the latter-day bills "bankotsedule" or "bankotsetle."

At the beginning of the XIX century the Czech currency is again metal - almost a century in the country paying guilder or simply golden.And only in the end of XIX century to the stage comes the well-known Czech koruna, exists to this day.

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name of the Czech crown is deeply symbolic and is not chosen by chance.Pronouncing the name of its currency, while the Czechs say and a symbol of royal authority - the crown.Her image is a traditional coins and banknotes of the country has been more than a century.

Until 1993, when Czechoslovakia split into two independent states on its territory acted Czechoslovak koruna, which, in essence, no different from pre-existing Czech.But with the collapse of the economy, both countries have been forced to create new, their own independent currencies.

Czech Republic without trying particularly "be original", has returned to the good old crowns.With this design of banknotes have been some changes, they have become more vivid and colorful.Since 1993, on the face of the Czech crown portrayed prominent political figures from different eras, and on the back of paper currency - the famous Czech sights that the country's huge number.

In the middle of the first decade of the XX century of the notes slightly changed appearance, which is due solely to the safety measures and countering counterfeiters.The new currency of the Czech Republic has several levels of protection and forgery virtually impossible.

After the creation of the European Union and the emergence of a single currency for all European states, the crown, would seem to fall into oblivion.But for a variety of political and economic reasons, the Czech Republic managed to avoid the change of currency.According to preliminary estimates, the crown will be at least until 2014.