10 korun Czechia (2000) Year Two Thousand

in the centre the lion - Czech Coat of Arms; along the top edge: • ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA • (Czechia); along the bottom edge year of issue: 2000

in the centre a piece of clock mechanism, lower face value: Kč 10 (KORUN ČESKÝCH - Czech korun); along the edge: | ROK 2000 | ANNO MM | (year 2000 in Czech, in Latin and in Czech written in braille)

reeded (144 serrations)

12 I 2000

in circulation

Ladislav Kozák (concave initials L·K below second zero in 2000 on top of the reverse)

Bižuterie Česká Mincovna a.s. (Jewellery Czech Mint JSC), Jablonec nad Nisou (mint mark below lion's paws on the obverse)

2000

10 032 799

23 000 in annual boxed sets

Jaroslav Moravec in his catalogue "České mince 1993–2012 a medaile České mincovny 1993–2010" presented personal drawings of Ladislav Kozák, which he made while designing the reverse of this coin.



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.