Andrej Kmeť – 100. výročie úmrtia b.k.
SPECIFIKACE
průměr: 34 mm
hmotnost: 18 g
ryzost: 900/1000 Ag, 100/1000 Cu
hrana: nápis: „POZNÁVAJME KRAJE SVOJE A POZNÁME SAMÝCH SEBA“
náklad provedení proof - 3400 ks
náklad provedení b.k. - 4000 ks
limitovaný káklad max. 8500 ksemise rok 2008
Andrej Kmeť – 100. výročie úmrtia unc.
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diameter: 34 mm
weight: 18 g
purity: 900/1000 Ag, 100/1000 Cu
edge: sign: „POZNÁVAJME KRAJE SVOJE A POZNÁME SAMÝCH SEBA“
mintage quality proof - 3400 pcs
mintage quality unc. - 4000 pcs
limited mintageovaný káklad max. 8500 pcsissue day rok 2008
Objednávkový kód: KSSK91
weight: 18 g
purity: 900/1000 Ag, 100/1000 Cu
edge: sign: „POZNÁVAJME KRAJE SVOJE A POZNÁME SAMÝCH SEBA“
mintage quality proof - 3400 pcs
mintage quality unc. - 4000 pcs
limited mintageovaný káklad max. 8500 pcsissue day rok 2008
Objednávkový kód: KSSK91
ABOUT Andrej Kmeť – 100. výročie úmrtia b.k.
Andrej Kmet (19. 11. 1841 - 16. 2. 1908) - priest, patriot and amateur scientist - botanist, archaeologist, ethnographer and museum scientist, was one of the last polyhistorians in Slovak national history. He was one of the leading representatives and organizers of scientific and cultural life, and is regarded as the founder of museum collecting in Slovakia.
He initiated the establishment of the Slovak Museum Society at Turciansky Sv. Martin in 1893 and served as its first chairman until the end of his life. He rendered outstanding services in the process of building the Slovak National Museum at Turciansky Sv. Martin in 1906 - 1907, and donated to the museum his extensive collections. The most valuable include a herbarium with more than 77,000 specimens, and bone remnants of a mammoth. He was the author of a large number of popular and specialist articles and books. He was interested in ethnography, folklore and Slovak folk art, which he also promoted abroad. He achieved his greatest successes in botany, and discovered various plants, which bear his name. He was a member of several domestic and international scientific societies.
Description of the coin
Obverse:
On the obverse of the coin, a stylized M-shaped memorial representing the Museum and the Slovak Museum Association is depicted. It encompasses the attributes of Museum collecting activities. Gothic architectural elements represent the extraordinary value of the cultural heritage looking to the distant past; a clock is the symbol of passing time; a chalet and old cemetery cross represent village architecture. The name of the state, SLOVAK REPUBLIC, is near the upper edge of the coin and below is the state's coat of arms. The nominal value of 200 Sk is in the bottom part of the coin field. The year of issue, 2008, is placed at the right bottom edge of the coin and below is the initial of the surname of the designer Stefan Novotny, N, and the mintmark of the Kremnica Mint.
Reverse:
On the reverse, in the middle of the coin field is a portrait of Andrej Kmet, supplemented with the fragments of objects from his collecting activity in the right part. At the left edge is his name and surname, ANDREJ KMET, and at the left edge are the years of his birth and death 1841 - 1908.
Andrej Kmet (19. 11. 1841 - 16. 2. 1908) - priest, patriot and amateur scientist - botanist, archaeologist, ethnographer and museum scientist, was one of the last polyhistorians in Slovak national history. He was one of the leading representatives and organizers of scientific and cultural life, and is regarded as the founder of museum collecting in Slovakia.
He initiated the establishment of the Slovak Museum Society at Turciansky Sv. Martin in 1893 and served as its first chairman until the end of his life. He rendered outstanding services in the process of building the Slovak National Museum at Turciansky Sv. Martin in 1906 - 1907, and donated to the museum his extensive collections. The most valuable include a herbarium with more than 77,000 specimens, and bone remnants of a mammoth. He was the author of a large number of popular and specialist articles and books. He was interested in ethnography, folklore and Slovak folk art, which he also promoted abroad. He achieved his greatest successes in botany, and discovered various plants, which bear his name. He was a member of several domestic and international scientific societies.
Description of the coin
Obverse:
On the obverse of the coin, a stylized M-shaped memorial representing the Museum and the Slovak Museum Association is depicted. It encompasses the attributes of Museum collecting activities. Gothic architectural elements represent the extraordinary value of the cultural heritage looking to the distant past; a clock is the symbol of passing time; a chalet and old cemetery cross represent village architecture. The name of the state, SLOVAK REPUBLIC, is near the upper edge of the coin and below is the state's coat of arms. The nominal value of 200 Sk is in the bottom part of the coin field. The year of issue, 2008, is placed at the right bottom edge of the coin and below is the initial of the surname of the designer Stefan Novotny, N, and the mintmark of the Kremnica Mint.
Reverse:
On the reverse, in the middle of the coin field is a portrait of Andrej Kmet, supplemented with the fragments of objects from his collecting activity in the right part. At the left edge is his name and surname, ANDREJ KMET, and at the left edge are the years of his birth and death 1841 - 1908.