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2000 Korun New Millennium
| Issuer | Czech National Bank |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Engraver(s) | Otakar Dušek |
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| Obverse description | The central gold insert features the Czech national coat of arms rendered as a hologram, displaying the quartered shield with the Bohemian double-tailed lion, the Moravian eagle, and the Silesian eagle in iridescent holographic relief. The silver outer ring bears the legend 'ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA' arching across the upper field and the denomination '2000 KČ' along the lower field, separated by dot stops. The matte or polished treatment of the outer field varies by issue variant, contrasting with the vivid holographic centrepiece. The overall design presents a striking interplay between modern holographic technology and traditional heraldic imagery. |
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| Edge | Plain, engraved |
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The Czech National Bank issued this piece as one of several commemorative bimetallic coins produced around the millennium — a format that was fashionable among central banks in the late 1990s as mints competed to demonstrate technical capability. Combining .9999 gold with .999 silver in a single struck piece requires precise tolerancing at the join; poorly managed expansion differentials between the two metals cause the centre to loosen over time, a problem that affected a number of millennium issues from other mints.
KM#44 records a mintage low enough that the secondary market consistently prices these above melt.