Slovakia coin «Centenary of the death of Milan Rastislav Štefánik» 2 euros, 2019, base-metal bimetal

Obverse: A portrait of Štefánik and the years of his birth and death, 1880 and 1919.

Reverse: The common side shows the denomination “2 EURO” and a map of Europe.

Národná banka Slovenska · European Central Bank (photo resized and reformatted)

Edge: Two stars with a linden leaf between them separate the ends of “SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA”.

The coin marks a century since the death of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, one of Czechoslovakia’s founders. Peter Valach placed the dates 1880 and 1919 beside the portrait, with the issue year 2019 shown separately.

Release date

25.04.2019

Denomination

2 euros

Metal

base-metal bimetal

Weight

8.5 g

Diameter

25.75 mm

Thickness

2.2 mm

Mintage

1 000 000 pcs.

Mint

MK