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2 Dukáty Trial Strike
| Issuer | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1929 |
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| Composition | Nickel brass |
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| Reverse description | Facing bust of Saint Wenceslas in full armour, helmeted and richly detailed, holding an upright lance or banner staff in his right hand and a shield at his left side, set within a raised inner circle. The circular legend NEDEJ·ZAHYNOUTI·NÁM·I·BUDOUCÍM runs around the entire periphery within a beaded border. The figure is rendered in a finely modelled medieval style, consistent with the medallic work of engraver Otakar Španiel. |
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| Mintage | 1929 |
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Trial strikes of this denomination were produced as the Czechoslovak National Bank evaluated potential coinage designs in the late 1920s, a period when the young republic was still consolidating its monetary infrastructure after breaking from Austro-Hungarian currency arrangements following 1918. Most trials from this program never advanced to circulation, and nickel brass — relatively uncommon for Czechoslovak trials of this period — suggests this piece was testing alloy performance as much as design suitability.