The Collection of Celtic Coins in the East Bohemia Museum in Pardubice Most of the coins in the Celtic collection of the East Bohemia Museum in Pardubice come from the Bedřich Skrbek Collection which was acquired in 1908. From the 1940s to 1960s, some items were stolen by Václav Vágner, the then…

A Heidingsfeld Heller of Charles IV or a Hungarian Denier of Wenceslas III? The article deals with a small two-sided coin bearing the images of a crown and a lion, which was until recently considered to be a heller of Charles IV from the Heidingsfeld Mint in Bohemian Palatinate. Based on the…

A Medieval Coin Hoard Found near Loučná Hora (Hradec Králové Distr.) A hoard consisting of 26 silver coins was discovered during a metal detector survey in a forest in the cadastral area of Loučná Hora in 2023. The coins can be dated roughly to the period from the end of the 13th to the beginning…

A Previously Undescribed Coin with a Lion and an Eagle from the Turn of the 13th and 14th Centuries The article presents an until undescribed anepigraphic small coin bearing the images of a lion and an eagle. The authors present a catalogue of all specimens known to date, and based on the…

Preliminary Report on an Early Modern Era Coin Find from the Village of Rzy (Ústí nad Orlicí Distr.). The hoard was discovered accidentally on the 2nd April 2018 in a forest situated south-south-west from the village of Rzy. It was concealed within two ceramic vessels, one of which was covered…

A Set of Wallenstein Miniature Orders A bar of four miniature orders and decorations presents a valuable new addition to the phaleris­tic collection of the Numismatic Department of the National Museum. The bar includes a rare decoration – the Czech Noble Cross which was awarded in 1814 to only 38…

Commemorative Coins Issued in 2023 The Czech National Bank issued a total of eight commemorative coins bearing the year 2023: five 200 CZK commemorative silver coins, one 500 CZK commemorative silver coin, and two 5.000 CZK gold coins.