Czech koruna coins

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Czech koruna coins are part of the physical form of the current Czech currency, the Czech koruna.

Current issues - regular
Image		Value	Technical parameters				Description			Date of
Obverse	Reverse		Diameter	Thickness	Mass	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse	first minting	issue	withdrawal	lapse
		10 h	15.5 mm	1.7 mm	0.6 g	99% aluminium 1% magnesium	Plain	"ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA"[1], the Czech lion, year of minting	Indication of value, stylized river	1993	12 May 1993	31 October 2003	31 October 2009
		20 h	17 mm		0.74 g		Milled		Indication of value, linden leaf
		50 h	19 mm		0.9 g		Alternately plain and milled		Indication of value			current
		1 Kč	20 mm	1.85 mm	3.6 g	Nickel plated steel	Milled		Indication of value, St. Wenceslas crown		9 June 1993	current
		2 Kč	21.5 mm, 11-sided		3.7 g		Rounded, plain		Indication of value, a Great Moravian button-jewel			current
		5 Kč	23 mm		4.8 g		Plain		Indication of value, Charles Bridge, Vltava, linden leaf			current
		10 Kč	24.5 mm	2.55 mm	7.62 g	Copper plated steel	Milled	"ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA", the Czech lion, year of minting	Indication of value, Petrov national monument in Brno	1993	12 May 1993	current
		20 Kč	26 mm, 13-sided	2.55 mm	8.43 g	Brass plated steel	Rounded, plain	"ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA", the Czech lion, year of minting	Indication of value, the St. Wenceslas monument on Wenceslas Square, inscription from the monument	1993	12 May 1993	current
		50 Kč	27.5 mm center: 17 mm	2.55 mm	9.7 g	Ring: copper plated; center: 75% copper 25% zinc plated steel	Plain	"ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA", the Czech lion, year of minting, indication of value	"PRAGA MATER URBIUM"[2], view of Prague	1993	7 April 1993	current	current
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world coins. For table standards, see the coin specification table.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ "Czech Republic"
2. ^ "Prague, the Mother of Towns"