Prague Times13 Jan 2022

MISC - Money Matters

Money makes the world go round, but who and what is on our money? This episode looks at the figures and icons Czechs have decided are worthy of being immortalized on their currency, and by extension we'll learn a little about the story this country tells itself about itself.

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SECTIONS

01:33 - To walk in money

02:20 - Current coins, the Czech Lion, the Crown of Wenceslaus

06:52 - Notes, some of the 100 greatest Czechs

07:08 - 100Kč - Charles IV

08:43 - 200Kč - Jan Amos Komenský

10:16 - 500Kč - Božena Němcová

12:36 - 1000Kč - František Palacký

15:42 - 2000Kč - Emmy Destinn (Ema Destinnová)

17:07 - 5000Kč - Tomáš Garrigue (T. G.) Masaryk

18:08 - Old 20Kč & 50Kč notes - Otakar I Přemysl & St. Agnes of Bohemia (Svatá Anežka Česká)

20:21 - Late Czechoslovak notes - Pavol Országh-Hviezdoslav, Komenský, Ľudovít Štúr. peasants, SNP partisans & Bedřich Smetana

25:24 - Earlier Czechoslovak notes - Jan Žižka, SNP & Russians, youths

26:38 - Post WWII currency, the Communist coat of arms, post-Velvet Revolution commemorative 10 Kč coins (TGM, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Alois Rašín)

28:26 - What about the Euro?

33:35 - Foreign currency & ATMs

Music by Fanette Ronjat

More info:

Prague’s Currency: The Czech Crown (CZK)
Information about the Czech Crown
A Closer Look at Czech Coins and Their History
Who Are The People on Czech Banknotes?
Největší Čech (The Greatest Czech) list
History of Czechoslovak Currency
Czech National Bank commemorative coins links
Stahované starší vzory bankovek (Older bank note designs) pdf
Czechia and the euro from the European Commission
Why hasn’t the Czech Republic adopted the euro? from KafkaDesk
Honest Guide YouTube channel
Honest Blog by Honest Guide
Prague vs Crooks (taxi scams) (in Czech)

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