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200 Korun Jan Jessenius
| Issuer | Czech National Bank |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 200 Korun |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a bipartite design: the left half of the field features an engraved anatomical diagram of the human body, referencing Jessenius's pioneering work in autopsy and anatomy. At the centre of the coin, a sword motif symbolises the execution of Jessenius in 1621. The upper portion bears the state name legend 'ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA' in two lines, while below appears a reproduction of the title page of his 1601 publication 'Tractatus de Ossibus'. The denomination '200 Kč' and the Czech Mint mark 'ČM' are also present in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA 200 Kč ČM (Translation: CZECH REPUBLIC 200 CZK CM) |
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Jan Jessenius — latinized from Jesenský — was a Slovak-born physician who conducted Prague's first public human dissection in 1600, a demonstration performed over four days before a large crowd at Charles University. His later execution in 1621 was among the most brutal meted out to the leaders of the Bohemian Revolt: he was first tortured, then had his tongue cut out before being beheaded and quartered on the Old Town Square. The Czech National Bank's commemorative program has long used the 200 Korun silver format to honor figures of Bohemian scientific and intellectual history, and Jessenius occupies an uncomfortable but honest place in that canon — a man whose career ended as spectacularly as it began.