2010 Slovakia €10 Silver Coin "Martin Kukucin"

• Mint: Mint Kremnica
• Denomination: €10
• Quality: Proof/BU
• Issue limit: 9.300/NA pcs.
• Alloy: 90% Silver
• Diameter: 34 mm
• Weight: 18 grams
• Edge: PROZAIK – DRAMATIK – PUBLICISTA (prose writer – dramatist – publicist)
• Design: Miroslav Rónai/Peter Valach
• Box/Capsule: Proof only/Both
• Certificate: Proof only

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This issue celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Slovak prose writer, dramatist and publicist, Martin Kukučín. Born Matej Bencúr (May 17, 1860-May 21, 1928), he is considered to be one of the founders of modern Slovak prose.

On the obverse of the coin is portrayed a landscape of Brač Island, with the authentic “house on the hillside” known from Martin Kukučín’s work of the same name (Dom v stráni). On the left side is an olive tree supplemented in the lower part by vine leaves and fruit, and on the right side is a sailing boat.

On the reverse of the coin is a portrait of Martin Kukučín. On its left side is a young cuckoo, symbolizing the writer’s pen name. Below the portrait is a facsimile signature, Dr. Matej Bencúr.