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50 Korun Independence
| Issuer | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1968 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse lettering | 1918 1968 |
| Edge | Smooth with alternating wave and cross motifs |
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This issue commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of Czechoslovak independence, proclaimed in October 1918 following the collapse of Austria-Hungary. The timing of its release — 1968 — collided with the Prague Spring and the subsequent Warsaw Pact invasion in August of that year, making it an oddly charged object: a state celebrating its founding ideals in the same months Soviet tanks were rolling through Wenceslas Square.
Mintage records for this type show both collector and circulation strikes, with the proof-like versions distributed through Tuzex, the Czechoslovak foreign-currency retail network.