Catalog
50 Halierov
| Issuer | Slovakia |
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| Year | 1940-1941 |
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| Value | 50 Halierov (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the Slovak national shield depicting a double-barred patriarchal cross rising from a triple-peaked mountain, all enclosed within a pointed heraldic escutcheon rendered in low relief. The circular legend SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA arcs around the upper periphery, while the date flanked by two raised dots appears in the lower field. The design is bordered by a continuous inner beaded ring. |
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| Obverse lettering | SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA 1941 (Translation: Slovak Republic) |
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Slovakia's first independent coinage came directly out of the political rupture of March 1939, when the Slovak State was proclaimed under Jozef Tiso as a nominally sovereign entity operating under heavy German supervision. The 50 halierov was among the inaugural issues establishing a distinct Slovak monetary identity separate from the dissolved Czechoslovak crown system, though the underlying economic relationship with the Reichsmark kept that independence largely theoretical.
Production ran only across 1940 and 1941 before wartime metal pressures reshaped the coinage program.