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50 Haléřů
| Issuer | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1951-1953 |
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| Weight | 0.6 g |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral '50' dominates the upper field, flanked on either side by linden branches bearing stylized lobed leaves, a traditional Czechoslovak national symbol. Below the numeral, a tied sheaf of wheat ears fans outward symmetrically across the lower field, evoking agricultural themes. The engraver's signature O.ŠPANIEL appears in small lettering along the lower right rim. The overall composition is balanced and decorative, filling the field with organic plant motifs in low but well-defined relief. |
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| Mintage | 1951 - - 60,000,000 1952 - - 60,000,000 1953 - rare - 34,920,000 |
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This issue belongs to the first wave of coinage produced after Czechoslovakia's February 1948 coup consolidated Communist Party control, with the new designs systematically stripping away symbols associated with the pre-war republic. The 1953 date is particularly pointed — that year's currency reform, implemented with little warning, wiped out savings by exchanging old crowns for new ones at punishing rates, effectively confiscating accumulated wealth from the population.
Aluminium was chosen for small denominations across the Eastern Bloc largely because it freed strategic metals for industrial and military use — an economic logic imposed from Moscow rather than Prague.