Slovakia: prototype euro designs

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Maybe. If I remember correctly, years later, the EU had a problem with the virulently christian iconography of the Slovakian Cyril and Methodius commemorative. The four christian designs lost out during a popular voting contest for the circulation set? Really? Who counted the votes? Apart from the crucifix designs, which I find terrific, I am not sorry, but this coincidence is a bit too coincidal.

Peter

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the EU had a problem with the virulently christian iconography of the Slovakian Cyril and Methodius commemorative

If "some in the European Commission were not really in favor of the two halos" translates to "the EU had a problem", then yes. (Is "the EU" some third party?) Anyway, the final coin design of that 2013 commem is precisely as the government in Bratislava wanted it to be.

The four christian designs lost out during a popular voting contest for the circulation set? Really? Who counted the votes? Apart from the crucifix designs, which I find terrific, I am not sorry, but this coincidence is a bit too coincidal.

Guess you should contact the Central Bank of Slovakia (NBS) if you have any doubts about the outcome, or about how the vote was done. http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/21672 (article in English from late Nov 2005; the NBS web links that I had are defunct now)

Christian