| Description : Key rings became the symbol of the peaceful resistance in
Czechoslovakia in 1989. The demonstators wanted to symbolise the downfall of the communist regime, the "Velvet Revolution"
with keys ringing over their heads. So the symbol of a key acting as the clapper in a bell is the motif on the coin.
It is surrounded in a circle with the inscriptions "17 NOVEMBER SLOBODA DEMOKRATIA" (17th November Freedom of
Democracy), "1989‐2009" and "SLOVENSKO" (Slovakia). The square emblem of the coin designer Pavel Károly,
formed of his initials, and the mint mark "MK" between two embossing stamps of the Slovak mint Mincovňa
Kremnica š.p. in Kremnica are located to the lower right‐hand side of the bell. |
