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50 Korún Saints Cyril and Methodius
| Issuer | Národná Banka Slovenska |
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| Year | 2003 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse reproduces the design of the Slovak 50 Korún banknote in high relief, featuring the juxtaposed busts of Saints Cyril and Methodius rendered in a modern graphic style, with the elder Methodius depicted in the foreground and the younger Cyril partially overlapping behind him to the left. The large numeral '50' appears prominently in the upper left field, with the vertical legend 'NÁRODNÁ BANKA SLOVENSKA' running along the left border. The denomination in words 'PÄDESIAT SLOVENSKÝCH KORÚN' is inscribed diagonally across the centre, accompanied by the identifying inscription 'CYRIL A METOD' in the lower central field. A serial number panel and security features characteristic of banknote design are incorporated into the left portion of the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Issued to mark the 1,140th anniversary of the arrival of Cyril and Methodius in Great Moravia, a mission dispatched by the Byzantine Emperor Michael III at the request of Prince Rastislav, who wanted liturgical independence from Frankish ecclesiastical influence. The brothers brought the Glagolitic script with them — the first alphabet designed specifically for a Slavic language — and translated key religious texts into Old Church Slavonic, a language that would underpin Slavic literacy for centuries.
Slovakia claimed this heritage with particular intensity after independence in 1993, and the brothers appear on the national coat of arms. KM#68 was struck at the Kremnica Mint, which has operated continuously on the same site since 1328.