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200 Korún 150 Years Railway in Slovakia
| Issuer | National Bank of Slovakia |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Value | 200 Korún (200 SKK) |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a detailed relief of an early steam locomotive approaching a stone railway viaduct with an arched tunnel entrance, billowing smoke rising from the chimney stack. A telegraph pole and vegetation are rendered in the middle ground beside the stone wall. To the upper right, the Slovak coat of arms — a shield bearing a double-barred cross on three hills — is prominently displayed above the denomination 200 SK in large numerals. The legend SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA arcs across the upper field, with the date 1998 inscribed at the bottom. |
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| Obverse lettering | SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA 200 Sk 1998 |
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Slovakia's railway history begins not with an independent state but with the Hungarian portion of the Habsburg Empire — the Košice–Bohumín line, completed in 1872, was among the first mountain railways in Central Europe and required extraordinary engineering through the Carpathian passes. The 1998 commemorative marks 150 years from the opening of the first steam railway on Slovak territory, the Bratislava–Trnava segment of the Vienna–Bochnia line, inaugurated in 1848 under Vienna's direct administration.
Struck in .750 silver rather than the finer alloys more common to Slovak commemoratives, this issue was produced in limited numbers for the collector market.