The Czech koruna or Czech crown (in Czech: koruna česká; "koruna" means crown) has been the currency of the Czech Republic since February 8, 1993. It replaced the Czechoslovak koruna at par.
The official name, the ISO 4217 code and the local acronym for the Czech are Koruna česká, CZK and Kč, respectively. One koruna equals 100 haléřů (abbreviated as "h", singular: haléř).The acronym is placed behind the numeric value.
| Czech Koruna Coins |
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Coins of value 50h, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 korun and banknotes of value 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000 and 5000 korun are used as of 2004 (20 korun is more common as a coin, whereas 50 korun more common as a banknote). The 10 and 20 haléřů coins were taken out of circulation by 31 October 2003.
One euro is about 30 korun and one US dollar is about 25 korun based on the exchange rate of October 2005. The current exchange rate to various currencies can be found at [1].
The Czech Republic plans to adopt the Euro in 2010.
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