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10 000 Korun Princess Ludmila
| Issuer | Czech National Bank |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a finely detailed portrait bust of Princess Ludmila facing slightly left, depicted as an elderly woman wearing a veil and a jewelled headband, rendered in high relief with strong sculptural modelling. The legend 'KNĚŽNA LUDMILA' is inscribed in bold letters along the upper right arc of the rim. The commemorative dates '† 921–2021' appear along the left arc, marking the 1100th anniversary of her martyrdom. The dark mirror-polished field provides a strong contrast to the frosted relief of the portrait. The design evokes the solemn dignity of medieval ecclesiastical portraiture. |
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| Mint | ČM Czech Mint (Česká mincovna),Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic (1993-date) |
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Ludmila of Bohemia was murdered in 921 on the orders of her daughter-in-law Drahomíra, strangled at Tetín castle — making her the first Bohemian Christian martyr and, eventually, the patron saint of the Czech lands. The Czech National Bank's gold commemorative series has consistently chosen figures from the Přemyslid period, and Ludmila anchors that lineage as the grandmother of Wenceslas I, whose own martyrdom three years later completed the dynasty's unlikely double canonization.