2011 Slovakia €10 Silver Coin "Slovak Nation"

• Mint: Mint Kremnica
• Denomination: €10
• Quality: Proof/BU
• Issue limit: 9.100/9.500 pcs.
• Alloy: 90% Silver
• Diameter: 34 mm
• Weight: 18 grams
• Design:
• Box/Capsule: Proof only/Both
• Certificate: Proof only

Additional Information

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This issue celebrates the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the memorandum for the Slovak nation.

On June 6 & 7, 1861, a political document titled "Memorandum of the Slovak Nation" was adopted by the Slovak National Assembly - a forum of representatives of Slovak towns and villages - at its meeting in Martin. The Memorandum laid down key requirements of the Slovaks for the recognition of their national identity within the multinational Habsburg monarchy (Austria-Hungary), in the constitutional, political, cultural and linguistic spheres. The main author of the Memorandum was Stefan Marko Daxner. The assembly established a permanent National Committee, which, under the chairmanship of Jan Francisci, was given the task of turning the adopted resolutions into tangible achievements.

The Memorandum is among the most important document records of the Slovak's progress toward national emancipation. Until the Austro-Hungarian Empire was dissolved in 1918, the principles of national identity and equality enshrined in the Memorandum underpinned Slovak policy on how to pursue independence.