Slovakia 1942 20 halierov KM-4a

from the Mountain Groan Collection

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 the southern portion. Jozef Tiso served as president of the puppet regime and enthusiatically participated in the Holocaust. The twenty halierov shown here was originally a bronze coin (1940-42) then aluminum (1942-43). Slovakia was occupied by the German army after the Slovak National Uprising in August 1944 and the puppet regime collapsed.

Recorded mintage: 6,474,000 including KM 4.

Specification: 0.65 g, aluminum, 18 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 4a.

Source:

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

Link to:

• Slovakia 1941 10 korun pattern
• Slovakia 1942 5 halierov
• 1944 50 halierov
• 1944 korun
• Slovakia 1944 10 korun
• Coins and currency dated 1942