Czech koruna
The koruna, or crown (sign: Kč; code: CZK, Czech: koruna česká), has been the currency of the Czech Republic since 1993. The koruna is one of the European Union's eight currencies, and the Czech Republic is legally bound to adopt the euro in the future.
| koruna česká (Czech) | |||||
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| ISO 4217 | |||||
| Code | CZK (numeric: 203) | ||||
| Subunit | 0.01 | ||||
| Unit | |||||
| Plural | The language(s) of this currency belong(s) to the Slavic languages. There is more than one way to construct plural forms. | ||||
| Symbol | Kč | ||||
| Denominations | |||||
| Subunit | |||||
| 1⁄100 | haléřa | ||||
| Symbol | |||||
| haléřa | h | ||||
| Banknotes | |||||
| Freq. used | 100 Kč, 200 Kč, 500 Kč, 1,000 Kč, 2,000 Kč | ||||
| Rarely used | 5,000 Kč | ||||
| Coins | |||||
| Freq. used | 1 Kč, 2 Kč, 5 Kč, 10 Kč, 20 Kč, 50 Kč | ||||
| Demographics | |||||
| User(s) | Czech Republic | ||||
| Issuance | |||||
| Central bank | Czech National Bank | ||||
| Website | www | ||||
| Mint | Česká mincovna | ||||
| Website | ceskamincovna.cz | ||||
| Valuation | |||||
| Inflation | 2.0% | ||||
| Source | Czech Statistical Office, March 2024 | ||||
| Method | CPI | ||||
a) The haléř is still used for accounting purposes (e.g., financial reports). | |||||
The official name in Czech is koruna česká (plural koruny české, though the zero-grade genitive plural form korun českých is used on banknotes and coins of value 5 Kč or higher). The ISO 4217 code is CZK and the local acronym is Kč, which is placed after the numeric value (e.g., "50 Kč") or sometimes before it (as is seen on the 10-koruna coin). One crown is made up of 100 hellers (abbreviated as "h", official name in Czech: singular: haléř, nominative plural: haléře, genitive plural: haléřů – used with numbers higher or equal to 5 – e.g. 3 haléře, 8 haléřů), but hellers have now been withdrawn from circulation, and the smallest unit of physical currency is 1 Kč.