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| Issuer | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1929-1951 |
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| Value | 10 Ducats (10 Dukátů) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Czechoslovakia's 10-ducat piece was never intended for circulation — it was struck as a bullion and prestige issue by the Kremnica Mint, continuing a tradition of large-denomination ducat multiples that Habsburg minting establishments had produced for centuries. The choice to denominate in ducats rather than korunas was deliberate archaism, positioning the pieces as continuations of Bohemian and Hungarian minting heritage rather than products of the new republic.
Production ran intermittently across more than two decades, spanning the First Republic, the Nazi occupation, and the early communist period — the 1951 date appearing under a government that would shortly abolish private gold ownership entirely.