Czechoslovakia 1937 20 korun

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41026
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This specimen was lot 41026 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $60. The catalog description[1] noted, "CZECHOSLOVAKIA. 20 Korun, 1937. Kremnica Mint. NGC MS-65. Struck to commemorate the death of President Tomas G. Masaryk. From the Whytecliffe Collection." This commemorative has a low catalog value. In 1938, England, France and Italy sold Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland to Hitler in exchange for another year of peace in Europe.

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000.

Specification: 12 g, 0.700 fine silver, 34 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-18.

Sources:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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