1 koruna Czechia (from 1993)

in the centre the lion - Czech Coat of Arms; along the top edge: ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA (Czechia); along the bottom edge year of issue

above the centre large face value: 1 (koruna); below simplified crown of Saint Venceslas; along the top edge: KORUNA ČESKÁ (Czech koruna)

reeded (80 serrations)

30 VI 1993

in circulation

Jarmila Truhlíková-Spěváková (stylised initials JTS on the bottom of the reverse)

Royal Canadian Mint, Winnipeg, Canada (coins in year 1993);
Bižuterie Jablonec a.s. (Jewellery Jablonec JSC) (name in years 1993-1995);
Bižuterie Česká Mincovna a.s. (Jewellery Czech Mint JSC) (name in years 1995-2004);
Česká Mincovna a.s. (The Czech Mint JSC) (name after 2004), Jablonec nad Nisou (coins from 1994 till now)

(relevant mint mark at lion's paws on the obverse)

1993	102 429 343		50 000 in annual boxed sets
1994	52 162 680		30 000 in annual boxed sets
1995	40 668 280		22 400 in annual boxed sets
1996	35 344 913		26 040 in annual boxed sets
1997	15 055 501		15 000 in annual boxed sets
1998	25 000		15 000 in annual boxed sets
1999	24 914		17 000 in annual boxed sets
2000	9 696 000		23 000 in annual boxed sets
2001	21 811 050		11 500 in annual boxed sets
2002	26 244 666		17 000 in annual boxed sets
2003	15 912 000		22 000 in annual boxed sets
2004	20 995 940		30 500 in annual boxed sets
2005	14 000		22 000 in annual boxed sets
2006	27 097 500		25 000 in annual boxed sets
2007	14 170 500		21 000 in annual boxed sets
2008	29 617 000		16 000 in annual boxed sets
2009	38 367 400		10 000 in annual boxed sets
2010	15 004 600		10 000 in annual boxed sets
2011	22 068 150		15 000 in annual boxed sets
2012	19 976 503		26 500 in annual boxed sets
2013	19 962 603		20 000 in annual boxed sets
2014	12 120 713		23 500 in annual boxed sets
2015	18 356 633		14 000 in annual boxed sets

1995 - a) digit 5 in year of issue rounded with a long "roof" or b) tall with short "roof" (at least 22.400 pieces were produced);

1996 - a) digits of year of issue widely spaced and digit 1 without any "roof" or b) digits narrowly spaced and digit 1 with a clear "roof" (at least 26.040 pieces were produced); note various alligments of the mint mark;



2000 - three varieties of the designer's initials: a) in letter T the "leg" and "roof" separately, b) letter T complete and letter J short, c) letter T complete and letter J tall;

2001, 2002, 2003 - each has two varieties of designer's initials: a) in letter T "leg" and "roof" separately, b) letter T complete

The crown of Saint Wenceslas was created around the year 1346 by the order of the future King Charles IV of Bohemia. Just over two-kilogramme jewel was made of gold 900 and decorated with precious stones and later pearls. The contemporary Pope Clement VI issued a papal bull, in which he mentioned that the crown is for the head of St. Wenceslas, deceased 400 years earlier, whose tomb was in the cathedral of St. Vitus at Prague Castle. Charles IV used the jewel, however, for his own coronation in 1347. Starting from this year, the crown became the insignia of royal power and national relic of the Czechs. The last time it was used at the coronation of the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand I of Habsburg in 1836. Since then, it has been kept in a secret place in the cathedral and has been very rarely exposed to public. In the time of the Czechia it is presented every five years during the inauguration of presidents.


photo: Jaroslav Andrei Šumbera Hyršl

The lion has been a symbol of the Czechs for nearly 800 years. It derives from the medieval Premyslid dynasty. The peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993 and the rise of the Czechia re-established the dynastic lion to the national Coat of Arms. According to the rules of the heraldic art every piece of the Arms should be presented in a way that expresses the militancy and prowess. An intensive parliamentary debate was concerning especially the lion's male attribute. The heraldic art prevailed and the lion took the pose of full combat readiness.