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Comenius on a 20 KCS bill. Fair use as the note is no longer in circulation. The copyright temporarily belonged to the communist government of Czechoslovakia and the design became public domain with the collapse of communism in 1989, one year after the banknote was invented. In 1990, the bill was replaced by new bills.

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Non-free / fair use media rationale for John_Amos_Comenius
Description	Old communist banknote from 1988. Copyrights owned by the communist government were annulled during the 1989 Velvet Revolution and the design became public domain.
Source	Scanned banknote
Article	John_Amos_Comenius
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Low resolution?	408 x 200 pixels only, low resolution
Purpose of use	A characteristic picture of John Amos Comenius
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