Catalog number: 200SK95PE

200 Sk Slovakia 1995 - Tram

Commemorative silver coin of the Slovak Republic 1995, with a nominal value of 200 Sk, issued for the 100th anniversary of the start of the first tram operation in Slovakia in Bratislava.

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Commemorative silver coin of the Slovak Republic 1995, with a nominal value of 200 Sk, issued for the 100th anniversary of the start of the first tram operation in Slovakia in Bratislava
Material: 750Ag, 250Cu
Diameter: 34 mm
Thickness: 2.45 mm
Weight: 20 g
Author: academic sculptor Patrik Kovačovský
Edge: inscription: "Main station - Terezian quarter"
Quality:
standard: mintage 26,000 pcs
proof: mintage 1,600 pcs
Demonetized: 10,500 in standard version (year 2002), 500 in standard version (year 2006)
issue date: 14.10.1995

Specification
At the beginning of the 1890s, Bratislava had approximately 53 thousand inhabitants. The gradually expanding area of the city prompted the creation of a street city railway. This progressive urban transport was introduced in Bratislava two years earlier than in the capitals of the then Austro-Hungarian monarchy in Vienna and Budapest. The construction of the track was ensured by a consortium created by Austrian engineer Alexander Werner and the companies Lindheim and Co. in Vienna and Ganz and Co. in Budapest. Its ceremonial opening took place on 27.8.1895. The track measured 3,125 meters, had 12 stops, and the maximum speed of the tram was 24 km per hour.

Obverse side:
In the center of the coin field is placed the state emblem of the Slovak Republic, above it is the year of minting. The name of the state "SLOVAK REPUBLIC" and the designation of the nominal value create the shape of an isosceles triangle around the state emblem.

Reverse side:
In the coin field, centrally in the shape of an equilateral triangle, is depicted a technical drawing of the tram, from the front view above, from the side view below. On the sides of the triangle is the inscription "1st tram in Bratislava" and the year of the start of tram operation and the year of the 100th anniversary.