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Zlatý poklad z Prahy-Josefova, U starého hřbitova čp. 248. K nálezům dukátů předjagellonské doby v Praze / Golden hoard found in Prague-Josefov, U starého hřbitova No. 248. Notes to finds of ducats from the pre-Jagiellon period in Prague

Luboš Polanský, Marek Budaj

The hoard was discovered before Christmas in 1928 during additional demolition of the foundations of the Jewish hospital, under its foundations, very close to the Jewish cemetery in Prague-Josefov. It used to consist of at least 33 gold coins in a clay bowl. Thirty two coins are represented by the…

Nálezy českých mincí z 15. a počátku 16. století z Budislavic / Bohemian coins of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th centuries found in Budislavice

Jiří Ryant

Six Bohemian silver coins described here come from the inheritance of Jiří Sedmík from Prague (1898–1942), a collector and important Czechoslovak diplomat, who participated in the anti-Nazi resistance. He was arrested in 1940 and executed in Berlin-Plötzensee at the end of 1942. Based on previously…

Fragment falsa osmanské zlaté mince nalezený v blízkosti železniční zastávky Louny předměstí. K fenoménu falsátorství osmanských zlatých sultání za třicetileté války / Fragment of an Ottoman forged gold coin found near the train station Louny předměstí. N

Vlastimil Novák

In 2016, one half of a copper gilded coin was found single near the train station Louny předměstí (Louny district). Its prototype corresponds with an Ottoman gold denomination sultani struck under the Sultan Suleyman I (AH 926–974/ AD 1520–1566). The name of the ruler and his father were identified,…

Tolar Jeronýma Šlika ve sbírce Muzea východních Čech v Hradci Králové / Thaler of Hieronymus Schlick preserved in the collection of the Museum of East Bohemia in Hradec Králové

Vojtěch Brádle

The thaler of Hieronymus Schlick struck in 1527 is presented in this article. It comes from the hoard discovered in Nové Město nad Metují in 1923. Besides the coin in the Chaura collection, it is apparently the second known specimen of this sort with the name of Louis Jagiellon in its marginal…

Olomoucká medaile k předání vlády Františku Josefovi I. roku 1848. Několik poznámek k současnému stavu zlatého odražku / Medal from Olomouc celebrating handover of the rule to Franz Joseph I in 1848. Contribution to the recent state of the gold proof issu

Filip Hradil, Vít Procházka, Lukáš Richtera

Unattractive stains on gold coins – sometimes wrongly described or mistakenly understood as gold corrosion – remained in focus of increased interest of scholars especially because of development of modern analytical techniques in the last decades. It is impossible to answer the primary questions…

Pamětní mince vydané v roce 2017 / Commemorative coins issued in 2017

Šárka Vicherová

The Czech National Bank issued nine commemorative coins in 2017. They included six silver CZK 200 coins issued to mark the 300th anniversary of the birth of Maria Theresa, 75th anniversary of operation called Anthropoid, 100th anniversary of the birth of Josef Kainar, 100th anniversary of the…