2.500 Kč 2010 "Heritage Site - Hammer Mill at Dobřív"

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2010 2.500 Kč

Heritage Site - Hammer Mill at Dobřív

Issue Date 5 May 2010

Technical parameters
Denomination Weight Metal composition Diameter
2.500 Kč 7.777 g 999.9 / AU 22 mm

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Mintage:
- 3 800 pcs. BU
- 10 200 pcs. Proof

Issuance of a CZK 2500 commemorative coin - Industrial Heritage Site – Hammer Mill at Dobřív

5 May 2010

The Czech National Bank is today putting into circulation a CZK 2,500 gold coin depicting the water-powered hammer mill at Dobřív. This is the ninth and penultimate coin from the CNB’s Industrial Heritage Site cycle, which reminds the public of unique technical heritage sites in the Czech Republic. The Hammer Mill at Dobřív is the largest manufacturing hammer mill in the Czech Republic.

“In selecting the heritage sites, we put great emphasis on their diversity and on representing various regions. Dobřív hammer mill is an exceptional example of an old industrial production facility which is still in working order. We are delighted that on 1 July 2010 it will be listed as a National Heritage Site,” said Bank Board member Pavel Řežábek at today’s official launch of the coin at the mill.

The gold coin has a face value of CZK 2,500 and its mintage is limited to 3,800 normal quality coins and 10,200 proof quality coins. It was designed by the sculptor Jaroslav Veselák. The main motif on the obverse side is a composition of stylised heraldic animals. The reverse side of the coin depicts the drop hammer geared to the mill and the water wheel that drives it.

The cycle comprises ten gold coins gradually issued over 2006–2010. Previously issued coins depicted the Hand-Paper Mill at Velké Losiny, the Observatory at Prague Klementinum, Ševčiny Mine at Příbram-Březové hory, the Water Mill at Slup, the Chain Bridge at Stádlec, the Brewery at Pilsen, the Elbe Sluice under Střekov Castle and the Wind Mill at Ruprechtov. The cycle will be completed in October this year with a gold coin featuring Michal Mine at Ostrava, the first fully electrified mine in the Czech Republic.

The Czech National Bank sells its commemorative coins to private individuals through entities licensed to trade in numismatic material. A list of these entities and further information on the gold coins issued by the CNB are available on the CNB’s website (http://www.cnb.cz).

Heritage Site - Hammer Mill at Dobřív

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On 5 May 2010, the Czech National Bank is putting into circulation the ninth and penultimate CZK 2500 commemorative gold coin from its Industrial Heritage Sites cycle. This coin depicts the Hammer Mill at Dobřív, the largest manufacturing hammer mill in the Czech Republic, which is to be listed as a National Heritage Site on 1 July 2010. The coin is minted in two quality versions differing in surface treatment and edge marking. The classic normal-quality coins have fields and reliefs of the same polish and milled edges. The proof-quality coins have highly polished fields, matt reliefs and plain edges. The normal-quality and proof-quality coins are minted from 999.9 purity gold. The coins have a weight of 7.78 g, a diameter of 22 mm and a thickness of 1.55 mm. As with any other coins, deviations in diameter of 0.1 mm and thickness of 0.15 mm are allowed. Upward deviations in weight of 0.062 g and in gold content of 0.01% are allowed.

The obverse side of the coin depicts a composition of stylised heraldic animals from the large national coat-of-arms of the Czech Republic. The Czech lion is in the middle, with the Moravian eagle on the right and the Silesian eagle on the left. The name of the state in Czech “ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA” and the denomination and abbreviated monetary unit “2500 Kč” are below the composition. Written around the left-hand, upper and right-hand edge of the coin is the name of the cycle: “KULTURNÍ PAMÁTKY TECHNICKÉHO DĚDICTVÍ”. The mark of the Czech Mint is located to the left of the denomination of the coin. The reverse side of the coin depicts the interior equipment of the hammer mill at Dobřív – the drop hammer and the water wheel that drives it. The left-hand, upper and right-hand edge of the coin features the inscription “HAMR V DOBŘÍVĚ” and the year “2010”. The initials of the designer of the coin, the sculptor Jaroslav Veselák – the interlinked letters “VJ” – are situated at the left-hand bottom edge of the coin next to the shaft.

Each coin comes with a red postcard-sized catalogue card. The relief of the coin is dry-stamped through gold foil. The text is given in Czech and English. The card is the same for the normal-quality and proof-quality coins