10 korun CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1991-1993) Milan Štefánik

10 korun 1991-1993 Milan Stefanik - Coins of Czechoslovakia

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
24.5 mm	8.0 g	2.6 mm	Cu₉₂Al₆Ni₂

obverse:

in the centre the Coat of Arms of the Federal Republic; above: ČSFR (in Slovak Česká a Slovenská Federatívna Republika, in Czech Česká a Slovenská Federativní Republika - Czech and Slovak Federal Republic); below year of issue; on the left in two lines face value: 10 / KČS (Korun československých - Czechoslovak crowns)

reverse:

in the centre head of Stefanik facing left; along the right edge two dates: 1880-1919; along the left edge: M.R. ŠTEFÁNIK

edge:

eight plain and eight reeded sections (with nine corrugations each)

issue date:

2 IX 1991

withdrawal date:

15 VI 1993 (in Slovakia), 31 VII 1993 (in Czech Republic)

designer:

Jarmila Truhlíková-Spěváková (initials JTS below year of issue on the obverse), Drahomir Zobek (initial Z before 1880 at the reverse edge)

mint:

Mincovňa Kremnica (Kremnica Mint), Kremnica

mintage:

1991	10 000 000	+ 25 000 in annual boxed sets
1992 [1993]	2 500 000

interesting facts:

In 1992, for unknown reasons, coins with date 1993 were produced. The future tricked the mint, because on January 1, 1993 Czechoslovakia ceased to exist.

Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880-1919) - Slovak politician, engineer, astronomer, activist of Slovak resistance in Europe, one of the founding fathers of independent Czechoslovakia.

photo: Guilhem06; licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0

last update: 28 X 2012

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