10 Euros Warsaw Pact Invasion

Reverse

The reverse features a fragment of Laco Bielik's photograph 'The Bare-chesting Man' of the number 50 and the word výročie (anniversary), symobolising the 50th anniversary of the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact armed forces. At the top of the coin is the inscription AUGUST 1968.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
AUGUST 1968
50
výročie

Translation:
AUGUST 1968
50
anniversary

Engravers: Dalibor Schmidt, Patrik Kovačovský

Edge

Incuse edge lettering

Script: Latin

Lettering: • 21 . AUGUST 1968

Comment

Designer: Patrik Kovačovský

The late 1960s in Czechoslovakia saw the emergence of a society- -wide movement for democratisation of the communist regime. The Soviet leadership monitored these developments with increa- sing concern. In early August 1968 representatives of Warsaw Pact countries met in Bratislava and signed the Bratislava Declaration, which stated in part that "it was the common internationalist duty of all socialist countries to protect and conso- lidate socialist gains". It was supposedly at this time that a 'letter of invitation', giving an appearance of legitimacy to the impen- ding military intervention, was passed to the Soviet leadership. On the night of 20-21 August Czechoslovakia was invaded by armed forces from several Warsaw Pact countries. The invasion force included three hundred thousand foreign soldiers and more than six thousand tanks and combat vehicles. As a result of the invasion, the reform process was stopped and the period of 'normalisation' began. The invasion of Czechoslovakia shocked the world and triggered spontaneous civic resistance that made headlines at home and abroad.

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Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2018	6650	-	-	-	-	-	-

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