Czechoslovakia: unadopted designs of the 1920s

Started by <k>, May 14, 2021, 06:12:35 PM

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Czechoslovakia 5 stotin 1920-ptn-.jpg

Czechoslovakia, 5 stotin pattern, 1920.

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After the First World War, the new state of Czechoslovakia was created.

Originally the national currency was intended to consist of 100 stotin to the sokol.

Stotin means one hundredth. It is similar to the Slovene stotinov.
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Czechoslovakia, 5 stotin, 1920.  Trial.

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Czechoslovakia 50 stotin 1920-ptn.jpg

50 stotin pattern.

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Czechoslovakia 50 stotin 1920-ptn-.jpg

Another 50 stotin pattern.

The reverse, as before, shows a sugar beet.


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Another 50 stotin pattern.

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Czechoslovakia 1 sokol 1920-ptn-.jpg

1 sokol pattern.

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Czechoslovakia 5 sokol 1920-ptn-.jpg

5 sokol pattern, 1920.


Obverse: portrait of Tomáš G. Masaryk.

Reverse: Five angels.


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Czechoslovakia 1 koruna 1920-ptn.jpg

1 koruna pattern, 1920/1.

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Czechoslovakia 20 haleru 1921-ptn-.jpg

Czechoslovakia, 20 halierov pattern, 1921.

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Czechoslovakia 25 haleru 1932-ptn-.jpg

25 haléřů pattern, 1932.

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chrisild

Interesting, <k>! Some of the designs look familiar of course, namely those which were later used on actual coins. :) But others are "new" (well, for me), and I had no idea about the unit name alternatives. Hmm, the Sokol (the word apparently means falcon) sports organizations did use the falcon on banners etc. – but it does not show up in these designs ...

Christian

stef

Unofficially, many names were discussed - sokol, lev, káně, řepa, rašín, etc. I think only "frank" was considered officially. Here is a link to a paper with some images and short text in English at the end.

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stef

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The Sokols were designed by Otakar Španiel, who also designed the first Koruna coins.

Here are few Frank/stotiny designs by Josef Šejnost.

The images are from the booklet, accompanying the souvenir set, minted by Kremnica mint in 2017.

chrisild

The designs with the square-octagon combination I find quite appealing. In the first image, the man with the books ... is that supposed to be a specific person, or does the figure represent literature/education? Do we even know? ;)

Christian