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200 Korún Death of Wolfgang Kempelen
| Issuer | Národná banka Slovenska (National Bank of Slovakia) |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Value | 200 Korún (200 SKK) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a complex allegorical composition celebrating the inventions of Wolfgang Kempelen. At center, a turbaned automaton chess player — Kempelen's famous 'Mechanical Turk' — is depicted seated at a chessboard, rendered in high relief. To the upper left, stylized flying figures allude to his speech-machine and phonetic studies, while the Slovak coat of arms appears to the right. In the lower field, additional mechanical devices and apparatus associated with Kempelen's inventions are depicted. The denomination '200 Sk' is inscribed to the left, with the legend 'SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA' in the lower exergue and the year '2004' below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a finely modeled three-quarter bust of Wolfgang Kempelen facing slightly left, rendered in high sculptural relief against a polished field. Below his portrait, a detailed panoramic view of Bratislava Castle and the city skyline is engraved in the lower field. The dates '1734' and '1804' appear in two lines to the right of center, denoting his birth and death years. The legend 'WOLFGANG KEMPELEN' is inscribed along the left arc of the coin in capital letters. The engraver's initials 'MR' and the mint mark appear at the lower center of the field. |
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| Mintage | 2004 MK - - 8,000 2004 MK - Proof - 3,200 |
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