Italian Court - a former royal palace with Mint in Kutna Hora. Significant historical and cultural heritage, founded in the late 13th century.

& quot; The Government Mint in Kutna Hora played in terms of domestic monetary developments crucial role especially during Grosov� in the 14th and 15th centuries, when the local supply of newly mined silver mining accounted for as the most important source for the production of precious metal coins of government and and most important export commodity medieval Czech state. Trial production of large silver thaler coins type of business conducted in Kutna Hora already in the twenties of the 16th century (known Bullets Czech provincial dollars from the years 1524, 1527 and 1528), but their regular excavation was launched since 1543rd Kutnohorsk� coin production at that time was already determined more by political circumstances and were reflected in the matches between the monarch and Estates municipalities of the future shape of the Earth Czech currency. In this struggle temporarily prevailed influence of Ferdinand I., who succeeded in 1561 to enforce temporal integration of the Czech lands in celo��sk�ho monetary system with politically guaranteed a fixed exchange rate.

This step proved to the Czech lands as economically disadvantageous and after several years caused a shift in the current cash unprecedented chaos. Czech stavovsk� community because shortly after the onset of the new King Maximilian II. promote monetary separation from the imperial system and the restoration of autonomous provincial Czech currency, which occurred in 1573. At that time i was in Kutna Hora, Czech restored coinage of silver dollars with which they could seamlessly apply abroad, but to renewed domestic currency and to grosechen foreign currencies, these new Thalers exchange rate moving (along with inflation paying strength of silver dollars, expressed in the provincial currencies gradually increased). & quot;

prof. Dr.. Petr Vorel, CSc