Czechoslovakia 1968 50 korun

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of Czechoslovakia (1918) and the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Socialist Republic (1948). While there was likely interest in the first event, one can assume that only Communist party hacks cared about the second. This the only Czech fifty korun struck to this standard; a smaller 31 mm module was normally employed. It is the closest thing to a crown struck by the Czechs until some commemoratives of the 1980's.

Recorded mintage: 58,000 plus 2,000 proofs.

Specification: 20 g, 0.900 fine silver, .578 troy oz ASW, 37 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by J. Harcuba, Imra Svitana and Jan Zoricak.

Catalog reference: KM 65.

Source:

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

Link to:

• 1964 10 korun
• Czechoslovakia 1963 25 haleru
• 1969 25 korun, 25th Anniversary of the Slovak Uprising
• Coins and currency dated 1968
• return to coins of Czechoslovakia