Issuance of a CZK 2500 commemorative gold coin Industrial Heritage Site – Wind Mill at Ruprechtov from the Industrial Heritage Sites cycle

The Czech National Bank is today putting into circulation the eighth gold coin from its Industrial Heritage Sites cycle: the Wind Mill at Ruprechtov, the only wind mill in the Czech Republic equipped with a Halladay turbine. The gold coin has a face value of CZK 2,500 and its mintage is limited to 3,500 normal quality coins and 10,500 proof quality coins. It was designed by the sculptor Jiří Harcuba. The obverse side of the coin features a composition of heraldic animals depicted one above the other. The Czech lion is on top, with the Moravian eagle and the Silesian eagle below. The reverse side of the coin features the wind mill at Ruprechtov in the middle of the coin field. On the day of issue, the Czech National Bank organised an official unveiling of the coin at the Technical Museum in Brno, attended by CNB Bank Board members and representatives of the city and the region.

The coin is part of the Industrial Heritage Sites cycle, which reminds the public of unique industrial heritage sites in the Czech Republic. The cycle comprises ten gold coins gradually issued over 2006–2010. In selecting the heritage sites, emphasis was placed on their diversity and on the representation of various regions. The coins issued in 2006–2009 have featured motifs of the Hand-Paper Mill at Velké Losiny, the Observatory at Prague Klementinum, Ševčiny Mine at Příbram-Březové Hory, the Water-Mill at Slup, the Chain Bridge at Stádlec, the Brewery at Pilsen and the Elbe Sluice under Střekov Castle. The cycle will be completed next year with coins featuring the largest manufacturing hammer in the Czech Republic, located in Dobřív, and Michal Mine at Ostrava, the first fully electrified mine in the Czech Republic.

The coins issued today have a face value of CZK 2,500, a diameter of 22 mm, a weight of 7.78 g and a thickness of 1.7 mm. The coin was minted by the Czech Mint from 999.9 purity gold in two quality versions – normal and proof – differing in surface treatment and edge marking. The normal-quality coins have fields and reliefs of the same polish and milled edges. The proof-quality coins have highly polished fields, matt reliefs and plain edges. Each coin comes with a red catalogue card with a description and relief representation of the coin.

The Czech National Bank sells its commemorative coins to private individuals through entities licensed to trade in numismatic material. A list of these entities and further information on the coins issued by the CNB are available on the CNB’s website.

More detailed information and illustration of the coin.

Marek Petruš, CNB Spokesman