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2 Dukáty
| Issuer | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1923-1951 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of Saint Wenceslas depicted in medieval armour, holding a long banner staff in his right hand and resting his left hand upon a shield bearing the Bohemian eagle. The saint is rendered in a hieratic, stylised manner characteristic of interwar Czechoslovak coin design, with finely detailed chainmail and belt visible. A beaded inner border frames the central figure, with the devotional legend NEDEJ·ZAHYNOUTI·NÁM·I·BUDOUCÍM encircling the periphery. Mint marks appear in the lower field flanking the shield. The composition draws on Gothic iconographic tradition in its treatment of the patron saint of Bohemia. |
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| Reverse lettering | NEDEJ·ZAHYNOUTI·NÁM·I·BUDOUCÍM (Translation: Do not let us and future ones perish) |
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Czechoslovakia's gold ducat coinage was a deliberate revival of the Habsburgs' own ducat tradition, authorized almost immediately after the republic's founding to provide a credible hard-currency instrument for international trade. The design drew directly on the late medieval Hungarian ducat iconography long associated with the region, a calculated move by the young state to anchor its monetary credibility in centuries of recognized coinage rather than invent new symbolism wholesale.
Production continued with interruptions through the German occupation and into the postwar communist period, making the full date range deceptive — not all years within it saw active striking.