5 korun Czechia (from 1993)

above the centre a stylised lion - Czech Coat of Arms; below in two lines: ČESKÁ / REPUBLIKA (Czechia); lower year of issue

a large face value: 5 (korun); on the left vertically: Kč (KORUN ČESKÝCH - Czech korun) and a lime leaf; in the background simplified Charles Bridge in Prague over waves of Vltava river

plain

30 VI 1993

in circulation

Jiří Harcuba (initial H on the bottom of the reverse)

Royal Canadian Mint, Winnipeg, Canada (coins in years 1993-1994);
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 in years 1994 until today)

(relevant mint mark on the bottom of the obverse)

1993	70 001 000		50 000 in annual boxed sets
1994	14 400 000
1994	30 475 382		30 000 in annual boxed sets
1995	20 155 218		22 400 in annual boxed sets
1996	5 053 730		26 040 in annual boxed sets
1997	40 000		15 000 in annual boxed sets
1998	25 000		15 000 in annual boxed sets
1999	29 500		17 000 in annual boxed sets
2000	26 431		23 000 in annual boxed sets
2001	25 000		11 500 in annual boxed sets
2002	21 344 995		17 000 in annual boxed sets
2003	22 000		22 000 in annual boxed sets
2004	34 940		30 500 in annual boxed sets
2005	14 000		22 000 in annual boxed sets
2006	25 030 500		25 000 in annual boxed sets
2007	20 500		21 000 in annual boxed sets
2008	11 617 000		16 000 in annual boxed sets
2009	19 911 000		10 000 in annual boxed sets
2010	14 711 000		10 000 in annual boxed sets
2011	18 150		15 000 in annual boxed sets
2012	26 503		26 500 in annual boxed sets
2013	9 462 603		20 000 in annual boxed sets
2014	1 163 218		23 500 in annual boxed sets
2015	7 264 348		14 000 in annual boxed sets

1994 - a) coins with a mint mark of the Canadian Mint or b) with a mint mark of Jablonec Mint;



1995 - a) the mint mark struck normally or b) a simplified one with a triangle instead of the crown, like in year 1996 (at least 22.400 pieces were produced)

The stone Charles Bridge (Karlův most) in the Czech capital was built by order of King Charles IV in the years 1357-1402 in the place of Bridge of Judith destroyed by a flood. Until 1741 it was the only bridge on the Vltava River in Prague. During the Baroque period it was decorated with thirty-one statues of saints and one of Jesus Christ.


photo: licence CC-BY-SA 3.0

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.