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200 Korun Hollar - Association of Czech Graphic Artists
| Issuer | Czech Mint |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The Czech lion coat of arms is displayed prominently in the upper field, depicted in relief against a plain background. Below the coat of arms, a stylised historic printing press roller is rendered in a graphic, linear style, evoking the printmaking traditions honoured by the coin's subject. The legend ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA and the denomination 200 Kč are inscribed across the centre of the field, integrated within the decorative scroll-like frame of the press element. The Czech Mint mark (ČM) appears in the lower field. |
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| Mintage | 2017 ČM - Milled edge - 5,300 2017 ČM - Plain edge with engraved lettering; Proof - 9,700 |
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Wenceslaus Hollar left Bohemia in 1627, driven out by the same Counter-Reformation upheaval that reshaped Central Europe after White Mountain. He spent most of his working life in London and Antwerp, becoming one of the most prolific etchers of the seventeenth century — his panoramic view of London before the Great Fire of 1666 remains a primary historical document. The Association of Czech Graphic Artists commissioned this issue to reclaim him as part of Czech artistic heritage, a framing that would have puzzled Hollar himself, who spent fewer than twenty years of his life in Bohemia.