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1 Ducat Without serial numbers
| Issuer | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1923-1951 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the Czechoslovak state coat of arms: a large heraldic shield bearing the double-tailed Bohemian lion rampant with the Slovak escutcheon inset on the lion's chest. The shield is rendered in high relief in a bold Renaissance style. The circular legend REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ runs around the periphery, flanked by a beaded border, with the date appearing in the lower exergual area between decorative scroll ornaments. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of Saint Wenceslaus, patron saint of Bohemia, depicted in medieval armour with chain mail, holding a long lance bearing a pennant in his right hand and resting his left hand upon a shield decorated with the Bohemian eagle. The figure stands on a low base or ground line, with the engraver's initials visible in the field to either side. The circular legend NEDEJ·ZAHYNOUTI·NÁM·I·BUDOUCÍM is inscribed around the periphery within a beaded border, with no denomination or serial number present. |
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Czechoslovakia's gold ducat series was a deliberate throwback to Habsburg monetary tradition, struck on the same weight and fineness standard as the Austro-Hungarian ducats that had circulated for centuries before the republic's founding in 1918. The series ran almost continuously from 1923 through 1951, bridging the democratic First Republic, the Nazi occupation, and the early communist period — the same dies serving governments with almost nothing else in common.
Later dates, particularly those struck after 1945, were produced primarily for export and bullion trade rather than domestic circulation. The absence of serial numbers distinguishes these from the numbered presentation strikes also issued within the series.