Czech Republic 1997 200 korun KM-27
This specimen was lot 811 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description[1] noted, "CZECH REPUBLIC: AR 200 korun, 1997, specimen issue, 1000th Anniversary of the Death of St. Adalbert, PCGS graded Specimen 69, RR." Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1992. Other 200 korun for 1997 include KM 26 (first automobile in Europe) and KM 28 (Amateur Athletic Union). There are several SS. Adalberts in the Catholic hagiography but the one commemorated here is St. Adalbert of Prague (c. 956–997), Bishop of Prague, martyred in his effort to convert the Baltic Prussians to Christianity
Recorded mintage: 20,076 plus 2,997 proofs (2,370 later melted).
Specification: 13 g, 0.900 fine silver, 31 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-27.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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