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10 Euros Ján Jessenius
| Issuer | National Bank of Slovakia |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse depicts a dramatic scene of Ján Jessenius conducting the first public autopsy in Prague in 1600, rendered in bold relief with a stylised silhouette of the Church of Our Lady before Týn in the background. The coat of arms of the Slovak Republic is positioned in the upper portion of the field, with the country name SLOVENSKO inscribed to its right. Below the coat of arms, the denomination 10 EURO appears in two lines, and the date 2016 is placed along the lower edge. The Kremnica Mint mark MK and the designer's initials MP, representing Mária Poldaufová, appear at the lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 EURO SLOVENSKO 2016 (Translation: Slovakia) |
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Jessenius — Jan Jesenský in Slovak — performed the first public autopsy in Central Europe in Prague in 1600, dissecting the body of a executed criminal before an audience of students and city officials. It was a landmark moment in the medical history of the region. He later became rector of Prague University, a position that put him directly in the path of the Bohemian Revolt: after the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, he was arrested, convicted of treason, and executed with particular brutality — his tongue cut out before beheading, his body quartered.