# Coins of the Czechoslovak koruna (1953)

2 Czechoslovak koruna (1986). :
| Obverse: Socialist coat of arms and linden twig surrounded by year and lettering "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA". | Reverse: Hammer and sickle with five-pointed star within abstract linden leaf at left, face-value at right. |
| 205,779,354 coins minted from 1972 to 1990. ||
After the monetary reform in Czechoslovakia, 1953 a new series of coins were introduced. Coins were first issued in denominations of 1, 3, 5, 10, 25 h – the 1, 3 and 5 Kčs denominations only existed as paper money (state notes). The heller/haléř/halier coins dated 1953 were all minted in Leningrad. The atypical denominations of 3 and 25 were directly copied from the Soviet roubles and kopecks. The 1, 3 and 5 Kčs state notes were replaced by coins in 1957, 1965 and 1966, respectively. The 50 h coin appeared in 1963. By the end of 1972 the 25 h and 3 Kčs coins were withdrawn, and 20 h (as part of the new series) and 2 Kčs coins were introduced instead in October. The 3 h coin was withdrawn in 1976. A redesigned series of 5, 10 and 20 heller coins (without 1 h, which had almost gone out of practical use by then) was released in 1977, 1974 and 1978, respectively. 3 and 5 crown coins were introduced in 1965 and 1966, respectively, with 20h and 2 koruny coins added in 1972. 10 korun coins were introduced in 1990.
Until 1960 the "REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ" inscription was used with the traditional pre-war coat of arms on the coins. After the 1960 Constitution of Czechoslovakia changed the country's full name, the strikes from 1961 onwards bore the new socialist-style coat of arms along with the inscription "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA" (meaning "Czechoslovak Socialist Republic" in both Czech and Slovak).
1953–1990 issues :
| Value | Technical parameters | Technical parameters | Technical parameters | Description | Description | Description | Date of | Date of | Date of |
| Value | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | first minting | issue | withdrawal |
| 1 h | 16 mm | 0.5 g | 96.65 aluminium 3% magnesium 0.35%% manganese | Smooth | Coat of arms, "REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ", year of minting | Indication of value, wreath of leafage, five-pointed star | 1953 | 1 June 1953 | 8 February 1993 |
| 1 h | 16 mm | 0.5 g | 96.65% aluminium 3% magnesium 0.35% manganese | Smooth | Socialist coat of arms, "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting | Indication of value, wreath of leafage, five-pointed star | 1962 | 2 May 1962 | 8 February 1993 |
| 3 h | 18 mm | 0.66 g | 96.65% aluminium 3% magnesium 0.35% manganese | Smooth | Coat of arms, "REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ", year of minting | Indication of value, wreath of leafage, five-pointed star | 1953 | 1 June 1953 | 31 January 1976 |
| 3 h | 18 mm | 0.66 g | 96.65% aluminium 3% magnesium 0.35% manganese | Smooth | Socialist coat of arms, "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting | Indication of value, wreath of leafage, five-pointed star | 1962 | 1 December 1962 | 31 January 1976 |
| 5 h | 20 mm | 0.8 g | 96.65% aluminium 3% magnesium 0.35% manganese | Smooth | Coat of arms, "REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ", year of minting | Indication of value, wreath of leafage, five-pointed star | 1953 | 1 June 1953 | 31 December 1978 |
| 5 h | 20 mm | 0.8 g | 96.65% aluminium 3% magnesium 0.35% manganese | Smooth | Socialist coat of arms, "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting | Indication of value, wreath of leafage, five-pointed star | 1962 | 1 December 1962 | 31 December 1978 |
| 5 h | 16.2 mm | 0.75 g | 98% aluminium 2% magnesium | Smooth | Socialist coat of arms, "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting | Indication of value, five-pointed star | 1977 | 1 July 1977 | 8 February 1993 |
| 10 h | 22 mm | 1.18 g | 96.65% aluminium 3% magnesium 0.35% manganese | Milled | Coat of arms, "REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ", year of minting | Indication of value, wreath of leafage, five-pointed star | 1953 | 1 June 1953 | 31 December 1977 |
| 10 h | 22 mm | 1.18 g | 96.65% aluminium 3% magnesium 0.35% manganese | Milled | Socialist coat of arms, "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting | Indication of value, wreath of leafage, five-pointed star | 1961 | 1 December 1961 | 31 December 1977 |
| 10 h | 18.2 mm | 0.9 g | 98% aluminium 2% magnesium | Smooth | Socialist coat of arms, "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting | Indication of value, five-pointed star | 1974 | 1 December 1974 | 8 February 1993 |
| 20 h | 19.5 mm | 2.6 g | Brass 79% copper 20% zinc 1% nickel | Milled | Socialist coat of arms, "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting | Indication of value, five-pointed star | 1972 | 1 October 1972 | 8 February 1993 |
| 25 h | 24 mm | 1.43 g | 96.65% aluminium 3% magnesium 0.35% manganese | Milled | Coat of arms, "REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ", year of minting | Indication of value, wreath of leafage, five-pointed star | 1953 | 1 June 1953 | 31 December 1972 |
| 25 h | 24 mm | 1.43 g | 96.65% aluminium 3% magnesium 0.35% manganese | Milled | Socialist coat of arms, "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting | Indication of value, wreath of leafage, five-pointed star | 1962 | 1 December 1962 | 31 December 1972 |
| 50 h | 21.5 mm | 3.0 g | Brass 90% copper 10% zinc | Milled | Socialist coat of arms, "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting | Indication of value, wreath of leafage, five-pointed star | 1963 | 1 April 1963 | 31 December 1979 |
| 50 h | 20.8 mm | 3.2 g | Cupronickel 80% copper 20% nickel | Milled | Socialist coat of arms, "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting | Indication of value, five-pointed star | 1978 | 2 October 1978 | 8 February 1993 |
| 1 Kčs | 23 mm | 4 g | Aluminium bronze 91% copper 8% aluminium 1% manganese | Milled | Coat of arms, "REPUBLIKA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ", year of minting | Indication of value, a woman planting lindens | 1957 | 2 September 1957 | 8 February 1993 |
| 1 Kčs | 23 mm | 4.0 g | Aluminium bronze 91% copper 8% aluminium 1% manganese | Milled | Socialist coat of arms, "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting | Indication of value, a woman planting lindens | 1961 | 1 December 1961 | 8 February 1993 |
| 2 Kčs | 24 mm | 6.0 g | Cupronickel 80% copper 20% nickel | Ornaments | Socialist coat of arms, "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting | Indication of value, abstract pattern with five-pointed star and hammer and sickle | 1972 | 1 October 1972 | 8 February 1993 |
| 3 Kčs | 23.5 mm | 5.5 g | Cupronickel 80% copper 20% nickel | Ornaments | Socialist coat of arms, "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting | Indication of value, pattern with flower and ribbon of national colours | 1965 | 1 November 1965 | 31 December 1972 |
| 5 Kčs | 26 mm | 7 g | Cupronickel 80% copper 20% nickel | Ornaments | Socialist coat of arms, "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA", year of minting | Indication of value, abstract pattern with flower and cranes, five-pointed star | 1966 | 1 August 1966 | 8 February 1993 |
| 10 Kčs | 24,5 mm | 8 g | aluminium bronze | ? | Indication of value, Coat of arms of Czechoslovakia, "ČSFR", year of minting | T. G. Masaryk 1850 · 1937 (1991: M.R. Štefánika, 1992 Alois Rašín) | 1990 | 1 August 1990 | 31 July 1993 |
* ↑ Biľak, M.; Jízdný, M. (1988). Zberatelský katalóg mincí Československa. Československá numizmatická spoločnosť, pobočka Košice.
* ↑ "Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk na mincích – 2. část - Česká národní banka".
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