Slovakia

2021

Commemorative coin

The 100th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Dubček

Official Journal of the European Union

The design depicts a left-profile portrait of Alexander Dubček, a leading Slovak politician whose attempt to introduce liberal reforms in Czechoslovakia in 1968 became known as the Prague Spring. Inscribed along the left edge of the coin’s inner circle is the name of the issuing country ‘SLOVENSKO’. Overlying the lower part of the portrait is the name ‘Alexander Dubček’, first name above surname, and below it are the dates of his birth ‘1921’ and death ‘1992’, one above the other. At the right edge is the year of issuance ‘2021’, and below it is the mint mark of the Kremnica Mint (Mincovňa Kremnica), consisting of the letters ‘MK’ placed between two dies. Next to the bottom right edge are the stylised initials ‘BR’, referring to the national side’s designer Branislav Ronai. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Additional information

Alexander Dubček (1921-1992) was a politician from the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia. As General Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communists, he became the leading figure of the Prague Spring of 1968, which sought liberal reforms. In 1989, he joined the anti-communist opposition and, together with the Czech Václav Havel, became one of the main figures of the Velvet Revolution, as a result of which he was elected Chairman of the federal Czechoslovak Parliament (1989-1991). In 1992, he became leader of the Slovak Social Democratic Party. Four months after his accidental death, the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republics was completed on 1 January 1993, thus creating the two new states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Edge lettering

Designer