10 Euros Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovakia

The reverse depicts a portrait of tefnik and, to the right, the Caproni Ca.33 biplane in which he was flying when he died in 1919. Below the top edge are the years of tefniks birth 1880 and death 1919 separated by a dot. The fi rst names MILAN RASTISLAV appear in semicircle next to the left edge, while the surname TEFNIK is inscribed below the portrait. Next to the right edge are the stylised letters IR referring to the reverse designer, Ivan Rehk.

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The coin’s obverse design pays tribute to Milan Rastislav Štefánik’s state-building activities by depicting the image shown on the lesser coat of arms of the Czechoslovak Republic – a Czech crowned lion with the Slovak coat of arms imposed on its chest – along with a silhouette map of the Czechoslovak Republicoverlying its lower part. To the right is the coat of arms of the Slovak Republic, above which are the denomination ‘10’ and the name of the currency ‘EURO’, one above the other. Below the top edge, in semicircle, is the name of the issuing country ‘SLOVENSKO’, and below that is year of issuance ‘2019’. In the lower part of the design are the words of Štefánik’s personal motto: ‘VERIT • MILOVAT • PRACOVAT’ (To Believe, To Love, To Work). Below the main image are the mint mark of the Kremnica Mint (Mincovna Kremnica), consisting of the letters ‘MK’ placed between two dies, and the stylised letters ‘MP’referring to the obverse

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