Commemorative gold Coins - Slovak republic

Gold Coin in the nominal Value of 5000 Sk Commemorating the 1100^th Anniversary of Death of the Great – Moravian King Svatopluk

The Great Moravian King Svatopluk belongs to the most outstanding personalities of the odest Slovak history. During his reign the Great Moravian Empire reached its greatest expansion. There is a fictitious left portrait of the King Svatopluk on the reverse side of the coin. Left to the portrait there is the renaissance polygonal castellated tower in its present status symbolizing the Castle Devín. The national coat of arms of the Slovak Republic is on the obverse side of the coin. Artistic design is the work of sculptor Vojtech Pohanka. The coins were minted by State Mint Kremnica an are legal tender In the Slovak Republic.

Commemorative gold 5000 Slovak crown coin The UNESCO World Heritage – The Spiš Castle and the cultural monuments in its surroundings.

The Spiš Castle (Spišský hrad) is the most extensive medieval castle in Slovakia, and with an area of more than four hectares, one of the largest castle complexes in Europe. Its existence is first recorded in a written document issued by King Andrew II in 1209. At that time, the castle was the administrative, economic and cultural centre of Spiš. The original Romanesque stone castle was built at the end of the eleventh, or beginning of the twelfth century on the site of a prehistoric hill fort and underwent many alterations in the Romanesque – gothic, Gothic and Renaissance styles. Until 1464 it belonged to the Kings of Hungary, and later to the Zápoľský. Thurzo and Csáky families. In the 18^th century it lost its military significance and began to decay. After a fire in 1780, it gradually fell into ruin. In 1960 the Spiš Castle was declared a national cultural monument, and in December 1993, it was added to the UNESCO  World Heritage List, together with the cultural monuments in its surroundings: Spišská Kapitula. Spišské Podhradie and the early Gothic church of the Holy Spirit at Žehra. 

Commemorative gold 5000 Slovak crown coin commemorating the 500th anniversary of the striking of the first thaler coins at Kremnica 

Discoveries of deposits of silver in Central Europe and new skills developed in mining and metallurgy at the end of the fifteenth century increased the output of silver and led to efforts to tintroduce larger silver coins into circulation, which laid the foundation for the establishment of a Thaler currency. The first predecessor to the Thaler - the silver Guldiner ( 40 mm, 31.7 g ) originated in 1486 in the tyrol as the equivalent of the golden Gulden. In 1499, Guldiners began to be minted in Kremnica as well.

The Kremnica Guldiners rank among the finest coinsof the period and have a special position in the history of minting as well as their gold variants, which belongs to the first larger gold coins struck in the world. Preserved pieces are in the weight range from 16.7 to 68.2 g and represent the equivalent about 5 to 20 ducats. Silver and gold Guldiners were minted from 1499 to 1506 and were presumably intended more for representative purposes and as gifts than for the circulation. They represent the long tradition of minting and metallurgy in the area of Slovakia and reflects its significant economic position at that time.