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  • 2 Euro 2023, KM# 196, Slovakia, 200th Anniversary of the Start of the Vienna-Bratislava Express Postal Service Using Horse-drawn Vehicles
  • 2 Euro 2023, KM# 196, Slovakia, 200th Anniversary of the Start of the Vienna-Bratislava Express Postal Service Using Horse-drawn Vehicles
Obverse

Depicts a post-chaise, the country name above, and the inscription "1823 Viena Bratislava" below.

A post-chaise is a fast carriage for traveling post built in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It usually had a closed body on four wheels, sat two to four persons, and was drawn by two or four horses.

SLOVENSKO
1823
VEDEŇ
BRATISLAVA

Reverse

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the right side of the coin. The inscription 2 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “2” located in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

12 stars are located on the right side of the outer ring, with six stars atop the map of Europe and six stars below it; six vertical stripes cut across the inner core of the coin, visually connecting the upper and lower star segments.

Luc Luycx, a designer at the Royal Belgian Mint, designed the Euro’s common reverse; his initials, LL, are seen on the right side of the design, just under the “O” in “EURO.”

2 EURO
LL

Edge

Slovak Republic in Slovak with two stars and linden leaf between

★ SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA ★

2 Euro

200th Anniversary of the Start of the Vienna-Bratislava Express Postal Service Using Horse-drawn Vehicles

KM# 196
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Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Cupronickel
Center Nickel Brass
Weight 8.5 g
Diameter 25.75 mm
Thickness 2.2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Kremnica Mint (MK)

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