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50 Korún Slovak Republic Anniversary
| Issuer | Slovenská národná banka |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Diameter | 34 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a right-facing bare-headed portrait bust of Jozef Tiso, President of the Slovak Republic, rendered in high relief with naturalistic detail occupying the central field. The curved legend 'VERNÍ SEBE · SVORNE NAPRED' (Faithful to Ourselves — United Forward) arcs along the upper periphery. Below the truncation of the bust, the commemorative dates '1939 · 14 · III · 1944' appear in two lines, marking the fifth anniversary of Slovak independence on 14 March 1939. A beaded border frames the entire design. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This coin commemorates the first anniversary of the Slovak Republic proclaimed on March 14, 1939 — a client state under Nazi German patronage carved from the wreckage of Czechoslovakia following the Munich Agreement. The issue was struck in 1944, by which point the regime of Jozef Tiso was increasingly untenable; the Slovak National Uprising would break out in August of that year. The .700 fine silver alloy, rather than the higher fineness used in earlier Slovak commemoratives, reflects wartime metal constraints tightening across Axis-aligned economies.