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10 Euros Caves of Slovak Karst
| Issuer | Národná banka Slovenska |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Diameter | 34 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a richly detailed depiction of a dripstone formation from Krásnohorská Cave as the central design element, accompanied by representations of rare cave fauna indigenous to the Slovak Karst: a springtail, a niphargus crustacean, and a bat. The legend JASKYNE SLOVENSKÉHO KRASU is inscribed in the upper portion of the field, with SVETOVÉ PRÍRODNÉ DEDIČSTVO appearing on a second line below it, referencing the UNESCO World Natural Heritage status of the caves. In the lower right, the Kremnica Mint mark MK is present alongside the stylised initials BR of designer Branislav Ronai. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Slovak Karst — straddling the border between Slovakia and Hungary — was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995, jointly with Aggtelek Karst on the Hungarian side. The caves collectively contain the largest concentration of stalactites in Europe. Slovakia's commemorative silver program has consistently prioritized natural heritage sites, and this issue falls within a long-running series that began in the 1990s dedicated to protected landscapes and national parks.
Dömица/Domica cave, the most significant on the Slovak side, also contains Neolithic archaeological deposits — evidence of human habitation extending back roughly 6,000 years.