Czechoslovakia 1989 50 korun

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 38071

This specimen was lot 38071 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CZECHOSLOVAKIA. 50 Korun, 1989. ANACS MS-65. Struck to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Breclav to Brno Railroad. From the Augustana Collection." This was struck the year that communism collapsed in Czechoslovakia. The two parts, Czechia and Slovakia, divorced in 1993.

Recorded mintage: 67,000 plus 3,000 proofs. The SCWC notes that 1,835 pieces were melted in 1999; these were likely the unsold remainder.

Specification: 7 g, 0.500 fine silver, 27 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-133.

Source:

• 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, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• 1983 100 korun, 100th anniversary of the death of Karl Marx
• 1983 100 korun, centennial of the death of Samo Chalupka
• 1989 50 haleru
• 1990 10 haleru
• 1992 500 korun, 400th anniversary of the birth of Jan Amos Komenský
• Coins and currency dated 1989