20 Euros Demänovská Cave of Liberty, Slovakia

On the right side is a large circular inset depicting Alois Krl in the process of discovering the cave crawling down into it via a dry ponor of the Demnovka Stream. This image also includes a carbide lamp emitting rays of light and, at the bottom, the year 1921 in which the cave was discovered. On the left, the larger part of the design depicts the caves dripstone formations together with lakes and other structures. At the base is the year 2021. The inscription DEMNOVSK JASKYA SLOBODY (Demnovsk Cave of Liberty) runs along the edge from the centre left to the lower right quadrant. At the edge of a lake on the lower left side are the stylised letters MP, referring to the coins designer Mria Poldaufov, and the mint mark of the Kremnica Mint (Mincova Kremnica), consisting of the letters MK placed between two dies.

Dalibor Schmidt

Mária Poldaufová

The left side is filled with an image of theDemänovská Cave of Liberty’s impressive speleothems. Around this image are examples of the cave’s rare fauna: two palpigrades and two beetles of the family Duvalius. To the right of that band are the Slovak coat-of-arms and, above it, the coin’s denomination ‘20’ and currency ‘EURO’, one above the other. The name of the issuing country ‘SLOVENSKO’ and the year of issuance ‘2021’ are inscribed along the right edge.

Dalibor Schmidt

Mária Poldaufová

Script: Latin