10 Euro Hockey

Slovakia is hosting the 2025 IIHF World Championship — the country's third time staging the tournament, following Bratislava's co-hosting roles in 2011 and 2019 — which prompted this issue directly. The National Bank of Slovakia has a consistent practice of tying collector silver to major domestic sporting events, and ice hockey occupies an outsized place in Slovak national identity given the country's record at the tournament relative to its population size.