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100 Korun Matej Bel
| Issuer | Státní banka československá |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Currency | Koruna (1953-1992) |
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| Obverse description | The Czechoslovak state coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a double-tailed lion rampant within a shield surmounted by a five-pointed star. The circular legend ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA arcs around the upper periphery, while the denomination 100 KČS is prominently inscribed in the lower field beneath the shield. The design is rendered in a bold, high-relief socialist heraldic style characteristic of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA 100 KČS (Translation: Czechoslovak Socialist Republic) |
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Matej Bel (1684–1749) was a Lutheran pastor, polymath, and arguably the most significant Slovak intellectual of the 18th century, whose monumental geographical-historical survey of Hungary, the Notitia Hungariae novae, remains a foundational source for historians of the region. This 1984 issue marked his tercentenary. Czechoslovakia's commemorative silver program of the 1980s consistently used .500 fineness — a deliberate cost-reduction from the .700 silver of earlier decades — reflecting hard currency pressures on the state mint during the period.