Silver coin 200 Kč 2023 Jan Blahoslav stand

Silver coin 200 Kč 2023 Jan Blahoslav stand

Stock state
In stock
Date of issue
February 2023
Price
500 CZK
including VAT

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Product description

The silver coin of the Czech National Bank with a nominal value of 200 CZK, which boasts the quality standard, commemorates the 500th anniversary of the birth of Jan Blahoslav.

The bishop of the Unity of the Brethren, Jan Blahoslav, can be considered a predecessor of Jan Amos Comenius. His life was filled with teaching, as he held that scholarship and knowledge were essential for the members of his church. He was concerned with the education of the clergy and was instrumental in establishing a printing press where he worked on pedagogical, moralistic, and other writings. His manuals dealt with every possible doctrine of the time - grammar, rhetoric, poetics, and music. He wrote the first Czech syllabary, and his interest in linguistics was useful for preachers and translators. Blahoslav's crowning work was undoubtedly the translation of the New Testament from Hebrew and Greek into Czech, which became the model for the translation of the remaining parts of Scripture. The comprehensive work, which was worked on by the best experts of the Unity of Brethren, then went down in history as the Bible of Kralice.

Jan Blahoslav was one of the first Czechs and Moravians to wear glasses in the 16th century. The reverse side of the coin which is the work of the medal maker Vojtěch Dostál, DiS., bears dioptric glasses. The expert committee of the Czech National Bank was particularly impressed by the artistic harmony of both sides of the coin, which are stylized in the form of Blahoslav's book Grammatica česká (translated as Czech Grammar).

All Czech coins - both commemorative and circulation - are minted by the Czech Mint in Jablonec nad Nisou.

Specifications

Code
22309-750
Issuer
Czech national bank
Nominal value
200
Numbered issue
No
Certificate
Standard
Material
Silver
Fineness
925
Weight
13 g
Diameter
31 mm
Packaging
capsule
Capsule
Yes
Czech Mint
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