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100 Korun Antonín Zápotocký
| Issuer | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Right-facing portrait bust of Antonín Zápotocký, rendered in high relief with fine sculptural detail capturing his facial features and characteristic strong jaw. The dates '1884' and '1984' appear vertically along the left field, marking his birth centenary. The legend 'ANTONÍN ZÁPOTOCKÝ' arcs along the right and upper periphery in capital letters, identifying the subject. The composition is clean and uncluttered, with the portrait dominating the central field in a dignified, commemorative style. |
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Antonín Zápotocký had been dead for over twenty-five years by the time this coin was issued, which tells you something about the selective memory of late socialist commemoration. He served as both Prime Minister and then President of Czechoslovakia in the early 1950s, presiding over the show trials and purges of that period — a biography the state chose not to dwell on when recycling his image for official numismatic purposes.