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200 Korún Birth of Juraj Fándly
| Issuer | National Bank of Slovakia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| In circulation to | 17 January 2009 |
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| Obverse description | Central field features an ornate Baroque cartouche surmounted by the Slovak national coat of arms — a shield bearing a double-barred cross rising from three hills — framed by elaborate acanthus scroll ornamentation. Above the cartouche, an open fan motif radiates upward, evoking the Enlightenment era. The legend SLOVENSKA REPUBLIKA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 200 Sk appears to the lower left and the date 2000 to the lower right of the shield. The engravers' initials MG and a mint mark appear in the lower right field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Juraj Fándly was an eighteenth-century Slovak Catholic priest whose agricultural and anti-clerical writings got him into persistent trouble with church authorities — his 1783 tract promoting rational farming methods was condemned, and his later satirical work targeting monks was banned outright. The National Bank of Slovakia issued this coin on the 250th anniversary of his birth, positioning him as a figure of Slovak Enlightenment thought rather than strictly religious history.
The .750 fineness is characteristic of Slovak commemorative silver from this period, lighter than the .925 standard used by many contemporaries.