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This article deals with the currency of modern Slovakia. For the currency of the WWII Slovak Republic see Slovak crown (WWII).
The Slovak koruna or Slovak crown (in Slovak Slovenská koruna; "koruna" means crown) has been the currency of Slovakia since February 8, 1993. It replaced the Czechoslovak koruna at par - see there for history. The ISO 4217 code is SKK and the local acronym is Sk. One koruna equals 100 haliers (abbreviated as "hal.", in Slovak singular: halier). The acronym is placed behind the numeric value.
In the Slovak language, the basic forms "koruna" and "halier" are used in their genitive forms, i.e. "korún" and "halierov" (only) after most numerals, unless the preposition or other circumstances require another case.
| Slovak koruna | |
|---|---|
| front | back |
| 1 Slovak koruna (1996) | |
Coins of nominal value 50 haliers, 1, 2, 5 and 10 korunas, and banknotes of value 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 and 5000 korunas are used, as of 2004.
Coins
The 10 and 20 haliers coins were taken out of circulation by 31 December 2003. Motifs from the Slovak history are depicted on the reverse sides.
- 50 haliers - the Renaissance polygonal tower of Devín Castle
- 1 koruna - the Gothic wooden sculpture of the Madonna with child (A.D. 1500)
- 2 korunas - the earthen sculpture of the sitting Venus (4th millennium B.C.)
- 5 korunas - the reverse of the Celtic coin named Biatec (1st century B.C.)
- 10 korunas - the bronze cross from the 11th century
Banknotes
Main motifs on the front side of the banknotes represents important personalities living in the territory of the present Slovakia in various historical eras. On the back side of the banknotes these motifs are completed by depicting places where these personalities lived and were acitive.
- 20 korunas - Pribina, the first Slovak ruler of the Principality of Nitra, located in present-day Slovakia
- 50 korunas - Saints Cyril and Methodius, the first Slav missionaries
- 100 korunas - the Madonna from the Altar of Birth in St. Jacob's Church at Levoča
- 200 korunas - Anton Bernolák, linguist, author of the first version of Standard Written Slovak language
- 500 korunas - Ľudovít Štúr, outstanding linguist, founder of the Slovak literary language
- 1000 korunas - Andrej Hlinka, eminent personality, politician in the beginning of the 20th century
- 5000 korunas - Milan Rastislav Štefánik, outstanding diplomat, politician, soldier and astronomer.
Exchange rates
One euro is about 37.5 korunas and one US dollar is about 30 korunas based on the exchange rate of January 2006. The current exchange rate to various currencies can be found at *.
The koruna entered into the European Exchange Rate Mechanism ERM II on November 25, 2005 at a central rate of 1 euro = 38.4550 SKK.
Future
The Slovak government plans to replace the koruna with the euro by January 1, 2009.
See also
External links
- National bank of Slovakia information on the Slovak currency
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