Počiatky lopatkovitých statérov púchovskej kultúry a prvé známe dobové falzum z mincí tejto skupiny / Origin of the spade-shaped staters of the Púchov Culture and the first contemporary forgery of that type Július Fröhlich The spade-shaped staters from the area characterized by the Púchov Culture in Slovakia differ from other Celtic coins by their special spade-shaped form and also by their material. The known types of the spade-shaped staters were made – with some exceptions – of alloy with different portions of gold…
K postavení tzv. imitativních ražeb v počátcích českého (a moravského) mincovnictví v 10. století / Notes to the role of the so-called imitative coins at the beginning of the Bohemian (and Moravian) coinage of the 10th century Jan Videman The article is focused on problems with the so-called imitative coins, i.e. deniers copying the Bavarian and Bohemian prototypes which are documented in hoards together with official issues. In the case of the earliest phase of production of the first Bohemian coins – dating to the third quarter of…
Pokus o rekonstrukci nálezu denárů z konce 10. století z okolí Ústí nad Labem (z rukopisných poznámek E. Fialy) / Reconstruction attempt in the case of the hoard of the deniers dating back to the 10th century found near Ústí nad Labem (Based on hand-writt Jiří Lukas The article offers a partial reconstruction attempt focused on the hoard of the Bohemian deniers struck under Boleslaus II (972–999) discovered in the surroundings of Ústí nad Labem sometimes before 1895. The reconstruction is based on analysis of older literature and the hand-written notes produced…
Světci a hříšníci. Mince ve středověkém rituálním kontextu / Saints and sinners. Coins in medieval ritual context Lucia Travaiani This article is a revised version of papers prepared for the conferences in Cambridge and Oslo. It is focused on the way how to interpret coins occurring in the medieval graves of saints as well as in the graves of ordinary people defined by L. Travaini as ‘sinners’. In the case of the term…
Nález pražských grošů ve Staré Boleslavi (okr. Praha-východ) II. / A hoard of the Prague grossi from Stará Boleslav (Praha-východ district) II Tomáš Jeřábek In connection with the earlier article published in 2012 which discussed the hoard of 57 Prague grossi discovered between March 2010 and May 2012 in the field to the north of Stará Boleslav – a historical city and a pilgrimage place situated about 20km to the north-east of Prague – the author…
Příspěvek k mincovní činnosti v Kutné Hoře v letech 1419–1421 / Contribution to the minting activities in Kuttenberg in 1419–1421 Ondřej Černohorský Two Prague grossi of Wenceslas IV of Luxembourg were found near the Libštejn Castle. The first of these grossi has never been published and it is analysed here in detail. Because of differences in its image and marginal legend, it is newly classified under the recent typological and chronological…
Kladské peníze českého typu Oldřicha z Hardeka / Coins of the Bohemian type struck under Oldrich of Hardegg in Kłodzko Vojtěch Brádle In time of Oldrich of Hardegg († 1536), three small silver denominations copying different coins were produced in Kłodzko. While the pfennigs of the Austrian type are known mainly from hoards in the Austrian territory, the hellers of the Silesian type and the coins of the Bohemian type are…
Zajímavé a nepopsané ražby Ferdinanda II. z pražské mincovny / Interesting and unknown coins struck under Ferdinand II in the Prague mint Pavel Vojtíšek Three unknown varieties of the Prague kipper coins by B. Hübmer produced in the Prague mint are described in this article. The coins differ from the recently documented types in the following small details: mint-master’s mark in brackets, form of year or differences in eagle’s image. Information…
Hromadné nálezy mincí poloviny 20. století. Dva příklady z jižních Čech / Group finds of coins of the first half of the 20th century. Two south-Bohemian cases Martin Pták The presented article describes two group coin-finds from south Bohemia. The first group of coins was discovered via exhumation of a common grave in the surroundings of Horní Lhota near Lásenice dating back to May 1945. It is represented by cash (or remaining part of it) owned by a German soldier in…
Rumunská bankovka z pražské tiskárny / A Romanian banknote from the Prague printing office Zdeněk Kutina The National Bank of Romania decided to produce some means of payment for the monetary reform of 1947 in secrecy. The Czechoslovak National Bank (NBČS) executed a perfect graphic appearance for the banknote of 100 lei based on a draw- ing by a Romanian painter. The bank produced printing forms for…
Experimentální důkaz využitelnosti alternativního způsobu pokovování měděných dobových fals pomocí rtuti / Experimental proof of applicability of alternative sort of plating of contemporary copper forgeries with use of mercury Lukáš Richtera Practical applicability of alternative sort of coating of contemporary copper forgeries with use of mercury only (i.e. without use of another metal such as silver or tin) has been experimentally definitely proven. This undescribed way of amalgamation coating is based on simple dipping of a cleaned…
