| Description : Alexander Dubček (1921‐1992) was a politician from
the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia. As General Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communists, he became the leading figure of the
Prague Spring of 1968, which sought liberal reforms. In 1989, he joined the anti‐communist opposition and, together
with the Czech Václav Havel, became one of the main figures in the Velvet Revolution, as a result of which he was
elected Chairman of the federal Czechoslovak Parliament (1989‐1991). In 1992, he became leader of the Slovak Social
Democratic Party. He died on the the 7th of November 1992 following a car accident. Some weeks later, on the
1st of January 1993 the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republics saw the creation of two new states
of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The profile facing left is overlaid in the lower part by the name "Alexander
Dubček" and his living years "1921" to "1992", shown on two separate lines. On the left is the name of the issuing
country "SLOVENSKO" (Slovakia), on the right the year of issue "2021" and below that is the "MK" between two embossing
stamps, the mint mark of the Slovak mint Mincovňa Kremnica š.p. in Kremnica. At the bottom right
below it the initials "BR" of the designer Branislav Ronai. |
