Slovakia 1939 10 halierov
This specimen was lot 75508 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "SLOVAKIA. 10 Halierov, 1939. PCGS MS-65 Red. An enticing Gem struck during Slovakia's World War II period as a client state of Nazi Germany and break from Czechoslovakia." In 1938, by the Munich Agreement, Nazi Germany forced Czechoslovakia to surrender the Sudetenland. The next year, the Nazis occupied the Czech portion of the rump state and granted the Slovak portion "independence" after Hungary had snipped off a southern strip. Jozef Tiso served as president of the puppet regime and enthusiastically participated in the Holocaust. This type was struck again in 1942.
Recorded mintage: 15,000,000.
Specification: 1.66 g, bronze, 16 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-1.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- 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, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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