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Czech Republic: New silver coins issued for the 500th anniversary of famed Klaudyan Map

The National Bank of the Czech Republic have issued (28th February) new collector silver coins which remember the 500th anniversary of one of the country’s oldest cartographic memories — the Klaudyan map — with an origin that dates back to 1518. In the course of 500 years, its creation was considered a great source of invaluable information from the beginning of the 16th century with regard to the territory of Czech lands

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Czech Republic: New silver coins commemorate 650th anniversary of the consecration of St. Wenceslas Chapel at St. Vitus Cathedral

The Czech National Bank have issued (1st December) new collector coins which honour the 650th anniversary of the consecration of one of the most important treasures of medieval architecture: Saint Wenceslas Chapel at Saint Vitus Cathedral. The chapel, the design of which is the work of Peter Parler (1333-1399), the German-Bohemian architect and sculptor from the Parler family of master builders and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV (1316-1378), which is situated above the tomb of St

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Czech Republic: New coin celebrates 100 years of the Czech Astronomical Society

The Czech National Bank have issued (1st December) new collector coins minted in celebration of the centenary anniversary of the Czech Astronomical Society, which was founded on the 8th December 1917, and was located in the capital city of Prague. The history of the Czech Astronomical Society dates back to the first thoughts of its founding before World War I during a time when Czech lands were still a part of the Habsburg monarchy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire

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