Czech Republic 1996 200 korun KM-24

Steve Album sale 51, lot 809

This specimen was lot 809 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CZECH REPUBLIC: AR 200 korun, 1996, specimen issue, 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Jean-Baptiste Gaspard Deburau, PCGS graded Specimen 69, RR." Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1992. Other 200 korun for 1996 include KM 22 (Czech Philharmonic). Wikipedia comments, "Jean-Gaspard Deburau (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ɡaspaʁ dəbyʁo]; born Jan Kašpar Dvořák; 1796-1846) was a Czech-French mime."

Recorded mintage: 17,070 plus 1,996 proofs (7,381 later melted).

Specification: 13 g, 0.900 fine silver, 31 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-24.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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