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The koruna, or crown (sign: Kč; code: CZK, Czech: koruna česká), has been the currency of the Czech Republic since 1993. The koruna is one of the European Union's eight currencies, and the Czech Republic is legally bound to adopt the euro in the future.
The Czech National Bank issues 200 / 500 Koruna (Kč) silver commemorative coins and golden commemorative coins of various denominations. The golden coins are issued in thematic sets – Bohemian crown set, Charles IV set, Ten centuries of architecture set, Industrial Heritage Sites set and Bridges in the Czech Republic set.
Obverse: Coat of arms of Czechoslovakia and linden twig surrounded by year and lettering "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ SOCIALISTICKÁ REPUBLIKA" (Czechoslovak Socialist Republic). 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.
It is a welfare state with a European social model, universal health care and free-tuition university education. It ranks 32nd in the Human Development Index . The Czech Republic is a member of the United Nations , NATO , the European Union , the OECD , the OSCE , the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group .
Alza.cz is owned by a group of investors that control it through the holding company L. S. Investments Limited, which is based in Cyprus. The shareholders are unknown. The Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors is the company's founder Aleš Zavoral. Alza.cz acts as a Czech joint-stock company with a tax domicile in the Czech Republic.
The Czech Mint (Czech: Česká mincovna) is a mint located in the Czech Republic which is responsible for producing coins of the Czech koruna. [1] The mint was established in 1992 following the country's dissolution from Czechoslovakia where coins of the Czechoslovak koruna were produced at the Kremnica Mint in Slovakia.
After the Velvet Revolution in late-1989, Czechoslovakia adopted the official short-lived country name Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (Czech: Česká a Slovenská Federativní Republika, Slovak: Česká a Slovenská Federatívna Republika; ČSFR) during the period from 23 April 1990 until 31 December 1992, after which the country was peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and the ...
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 ...