Czechoslovakia 1949 50 korun

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued to commemorate the seventieth birthday of Josef Stalin, who died unmourned in 1953. It was accompanied by a silver hundred korun.

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000.

Specification: 10 g, 0.500 fine silver, .160 troy oz ASW, 28 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by O. Spaniel.

Catalog reference: KM 28.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1948 50 korun
• 1949 100 korun, Stalin's 70th birthday
• Czechoslovakia 1952 5 korun
• 1955 50 korun, 10th anniversary of liberation from occupation
• Coins and currency dated 1949
• return to coins of Czechoslovakia