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100 Korun Jihlava Mining Privileges
| Issuer | Státní banka československá |
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| Year | 1949 |
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| Diameter | 31 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dynamic high-relief figure of a medieval miner, depicted in three-quarter view, crouching and wielding a pick and mallet against a rock face, evoking the tradition of Bohemian silver mining. The curved legend 700 LET HORNICKÝCH PRÁV arcs across the upper field, commemorating the 700th anniversary of the granting of mining privileges to Jihlava. The denomination 100 appears in bold numerals along the lower field, with the engraver's signature O. ŠPANIEL incised discreetly at lower right. |
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| Mintage | 1949 - - 1,000,000 |
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Issued to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the mining privileges granted to Jihlava (Iglau) by Wenceslaus I in 1249, this coin marks one of the most economically consequential royal decrees in Bohemian history. Jihlava's silver mines made it among the wealthiest towns in Central Europe during the 13th century, and its mining code — the Ius regale montanorum — was subsequently adopted by mining communities across Silesia, Hungary, and Poland.
The 1249 charter effectively created a legal framework that outlasted the mines themselves by centuries.