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25 Korun 50th Anniversary - Slovak National Theater
| Issuer | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Value | 25 Korun (25 CSK) |
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| Obverse description | At center, a large square frame contains the socialist coat of arms of Czechoslovakia, featuring a rampant double-tailed lion bearing a shield charged with a flaming linden branch, surmounted by a five-pointed star. The denomination numeral '25' appears in the lower field beneath the shield. The circular legend 'ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA' runs along the rim, reading from left to right. The design is rendered in a bold, high-relief style against a flat field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Slovak National Theater in Bratislava opened in 1920, making its fiftieth anniversary a politically useful occasion for Czechoslovakia's communist government — Slovak cultural institutions had been a persistent flashpoint between Prague and Bratislava, and commemorating them in silver was one way to manage that tension without conceding anything structural. This coin was issued the same year the country was formally reconstituted as a federal state, a reorganization pushed through partly to neutralize Slovak grievances following the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion.