3576) Fidel Castro, Czech Mint: "Cult of Personality Coin Series": Ninth (9th) Coin in the Series: A Gold Ducat issued by the Mint featuring the well known figure: Date/Year of Ducat issue: 04/2024:
Cult of personality- Fidel Castro:
In the history of mankind, we can find a number of strong
personalities who were so charismatic or powerful that they became the object
of boundless worship. Such people have often been attributed superhuman
abilities, exaggerated merits and qualities bordering on the divine. Although
this phenomenon is mainly associated with dictatorships and totalitarian
regimes, it does not avoid democratic society.
The cult of personality is born in difficult times of
crises, wars and revolutions, when the masses put their trust in individuals
who offer a solution and a series of commemorative medals are dedicated to some
of them...
Cult of personality: Fidel Castro:
The ninth gold Ducat of the Czech Mint from the series
entitled Cult of Personality features the controversial figure of Fidel
Castro.
A left-leaning law student, Fidel Castro dreamed of a
world without imperialism - a Latin America that could breathe freely without
U.S. interference.
His native Cuba was a haven for American investors who
controlled the local sugar industry and tourists who came to Havana's casinos
to party, while most Cubans lived in shacks.
He gained experience in the
rebellions in the Dominican Republic and Colombia and eventually decided to
spark a revolution in his homeland.
However, he was unsuccessful in his struggle
against the regime headed by the pro-American dictator Fulgencio Batista and
was arrested.
In prison he became acquainted with communist ideas and, when he
was released under an amnesty, he went to Mexico where he planned his revenge.
He fought a victorious guerrilla war in the Cuban mountains alongside another
revolutionary, who went down in history as Che Guevara, and in 1959 became the
ruler of the “island of freedom“.
Thus began half a century in which Fidel
Castro decided every aspect of life in Cuba.
For some, he was a totalitarian
ruler who ruthlessly destroyed his opponents, civil liberties and the Cuban
economy.
For others, he was a charismatic orator who guaranteed the dignity and
independence of Cuba.
The United States repeatedly tried to remove him - he
resisted assassination attempts, economic embargoes and counter-revolution.
Although he initially pursued a policy independent of the Soviet Union, these
advances drove him into the arms of Moscow and brought the planet to the brink
of nuclear war.
As the years passed, ten presidents were replaced in the US,
five popes in the Vatican, and the USSR collapsed.
But Fidel Castro still held
on to power until 2008, when his health betrayed him.
Unlike celebrated
revolutionaries like Che Guevara, he did not die in heroic times.
Over half a
century, he has come to personify Cuba, but also the turmoil from which one of
the last bastions of communism is trying to emerge...
The Gold Ducat:
The Reverse side of the Gold ducat, which is the work of
academic sculptor Jiří Dostál, presents a characteristic portrait of Fidel
Castro, accompanied by his name and life dates.
The Obverse side of the Gold Ducat is
dominated by a vertically unfurled Cuban flag, which symbolises the ongoing
revolution, with a horizontal inscription of Castro's quote "SOCIALISM, OR
DEATH".
The curling of the stripes at the word "DEATH", which is turned upside
down, recalls the intransigence and brutality of the stated revolutionary
goals.
Each ducat includes a special supplement that offers an
objective view of Fidel Castro through the eyes of historian Pavel Kosatik.
The Front of the Presentation Box/Case - closed with Fidel Castro's image on the front
The Presentation Box/Case - Open with the Gold Coin and Certificate of Authenticity (COA)
The specifications of the Gold Ducat are:
Gold Ducat: Cult of personality - Fidel Castro proof
Date of issue: April 2024
Mintage: 300 pcs
Collectors set: Cult
of personality
Issuer: Czech
mint
Designer of the obverse: ak.
soch. Jiří Dostál
Designer of the reverse: ak.
soch. Jiří Dostál
Numbered issue: No
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes
Material: Gold
Fineness: .986
Weight: 3.49 g
Diameter/Size: 20.00 mm
Packaging: Grey paper
box
Capsule: Yes
Cult of Personality Ducat/Coin Series:
1) Oskar Schindler, Czech Mint: "Cult of Personality Coin Series": Eleventh (11th) Coin in the Series: A Gold Ducat issued by the Mint featuring the well known figure: Date/Year of Ducat issue: 11/2024
2) Martin Luther King, Czech Mint: "Cult of Personality Coin Series": Third (3rd) Coin in the Series: A Gold Ducat issued by the Mint featuring the well known figure: Date/Year of Ducat issue: 10/2022
3) Che Guevara, Czech Mint: "Cult of Personality Coin Series": Sixth (6th) Coin in the Series: A Gold Ducat issued by the Mint featuring the well known figure: Date/Year of Ducat issue: 08/2023
4) Fidel Castro, Czech Mint:"Cult of Personality Coin Series": Ninth (9th) Coin in the Seris: A Gold Ducat issued by the Mint featuring the well known figure: Date/Year of Ducat issue: 04/2024
Famous Artists Coin Series:
1) Giacomo Puccini (22.12.1858-29.11.1924), Italian Composer known primarily for his operas, (Italy), Niue Island: "Famus Artists Coin Series": Czech Mint has issued a Gold Coin of $25 (Twenty Five Dollars - NZD) featuring the well known Artist: Sate/Year of Coin issue: 11/2024
2) Giacomo Casanova, writer, spy, diplomat, businessman, schemer, soldier, gambler, violist, adventurer, seducer of women and sorceror, Niue Island: "fanous Artists Coin Series": Czech Mint has issued a Gold Coin of $25 (Twenty Five Dollars - NZD) featuring the well known artist: Date/Year of Coin issue: 09/2022
3) Antoni Gaudi, Architect, Art Nouveau, Expressionism, Naturalism Orientalism, Neo-Gothicism and using Baroque inspirations developed his own naturalistic form of Art Nouveau, Niue Island: "Famous Artists Coin Series: zech Mint has issued a Gold Coin of $25 (Twenty Five Dollars - NZD) featuring the well-known Artist: Date/Year of Coin issue: 06/2024
4) Franz Kafka, was among the most important figures of 20th Century literature, who published several short works, such as the short story "Metamorphosis" (origin ally titled "Promena"), The Trial and the Castle, Niue Island: "famous Artists Coin Series": Czech Mint has issued a Gold Coin of $25 (Twenty Five Dollars - NZD) featuring the well known artist: Date/Year of Coin issue: 06/2024
5) Oscar Wilde, was an acclaimed poet. p-laywright, novelist and essayist - the author of sensitive verse, brilliant studies and unconventional tales - The Canterville Fear, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the comedy "How Important It Is to have Philip", Niue Island: "Famous Artists Coin Series": Czech Mint has issued a Gold Coin of $25 (Twenty Five Dollars - NZD) featuring the well known artist: Date/Year of Coin issue: 09/2023
6) Ernest Hemingway, was an American writer who was famous for his minimalist style - concise, objective, free of all superfluous things, volunteer for Red Cross, took part in World War I and Spanish Civil War, Niue Island: "Famous Artists Coin Series": Czech Mint has issued a Gold Coin of $25 (Twenty Five Dollars - NZD) featuring the well kmnowsn Artist: Date/Year of Coin issue: 07/2021
7) Vincent Van Gogh, a Dutch post-impressionist painter and draftsman who created 900 paintings and 1.100 drawings over the course of ten years at the end of the 19th century, Niue Island: "Famous Artists Coin Series": Czech Mint has issued a Gold Coin of $25 (Twenty Five Dollars - NZD) featuring the well known artist: Date/Year of Coin issue: 07/2020
8) Leonardo da Vinci, an example of a Renaissancse Man - a truly Universal Genius - a naturalist, a musician, a writer, a cartographer, paintings and diaries full of various drawings, schemes, calculations, diagrams and ciphers, Niue Island: "Famous Artists Coin Series": Czech Mint has issued a Gold Coin of $25 (Twenty Five Dollars - NZD) featuring the well-known Artist: Date/Year of Coin issue: 05/2019
9) Richard Wagner, conductor, poet, author of theoretical writings on music, opera reformer and representative of Romanticism in music, Niue Island: Famour Artists Coin Series": Czech Mint has issued anGold Coin of $10 (Ten Dollars - NZD) featuring the well known artist: Dat/Year of Coin issue: 05/2013
10) Johann Wolfgang Goethe, writer, of world renown, a lawyer, legislsator and minister, a skilled painter, sculptor and road designer, porcelain and paint, Niue Island: "Famous Artists Coin Series": Czech Mint has issued a Gold Coin of $25 (Twenty Five Dollars - NZD) featuring the well-known artist: Date/Year of Coin issue: 03/2022
11) Ludwig van Beethoven his work which is described as "forever contemporary" completed the perfectly formal epoch of Viennese classicism and at the same time foreshadowed the sensitive expression of romantic composers, Niue Island: 250th Anniversary of his Birth: "Famous Artists Coin Series": Czech Mint has issued a Gold Coin of $25 (Twenty Five Dollars - NZD) featuring the well known Artist: Date/Year of Coin issue: 11/2020"
12) Gustav Klimt, scandalous, outrageous, but also tempting and compelling - such is the work of the painter, Nius Island: "Famous Aritsts Coin Series": Czech Mint has issued a Gold Coin of $25 (Twenty Five Dollars - NZD) featuring the well known Artist: Date/Year of Coin issue: 02/2018
13) Antonin Dvorak, an unrivalled symphonist, creator of chamber music, conductor and professor who raised a whole generation of followers. He laid the foundstions of Czech cantata and oratorio music and his operas have become a treasure of national music and drama, Niue Island: "Famous Artists Coin Series": Czech Mint has issued a Gold Coin of $25 (Twenty Five Dollars - NZD) featuring the well-known artist: Date/Year of Coin issue: 09/2021:
14) Edgar Allan Poe, the master of horror - Niue Island: "Famous Artists Coin Series": Czech Mint has issued a Gold Coin of $25 (Twenty Five Dollars - NZD) featuring the well known Artist: Date/Year of Coin issue: 10/2019
Czech TramCar - T3:
1) T3 Czech Tramcar produced by CKD Tatra, Cezka Republica (Czech Republic): Medals from CNB Coin - competitions 2024: Date/Year of Medals/Coins issue: 06/2024
The Most Beautiful Unrealised Designs - Czech Competitions:
1) Gregor Mendel - the Father of Genetics, Niue Island: 200th Anniversary of his Birth (1822-2022): Czech Mint has issued a Gold Medal featuring him:Date/Year of Coin issue: 07/2022
New Seven Wonders of the World:
1) The Roman Colosseum, Niue Island: The first $50 (Fifty Dollars - NZD) Gold Coin minted by the Czech Mint presents the Roman Colloseum: Date/Year of Coin issue: 10/2023
2) "Mayan City of Chichen Itza", Niue Island: Coin Series: "New seven wonders of the world": The second $50 (Fifty Dollars - NZD) Gold Coin minted by the Czech Mint presents the legendary monument: Date/Year of Coin issue: 01/2024
3) "Incan Seat of Machu Picchu in Peru" Niue Island: Coin Series: "New Seven Wonders of the World": The third $50 (Fifty Dollars - NZD) Gold Coin minted by the Czech Mint presents the legendary monument: Date/Year of Coin issue: 04/2024
4) "Jordanian Rock City of Petra"' Niue Island: Coin Series "New Seven Wonders of the World": The fourth $50 (Fifty Dollars - NZD) Gold Coin minted by the Czech Mint presents the legendary monument: Date/Year of Coin issue: 06/2024
5) "Brazilian statue of Christ the Saviour", Niue Island: Coin Series "New seven wonders of the world": The fifth $50 (Fifty Dollars - NZD) Gold Coin minted by the Czech Mint presents the legendary monument: Date/Year of Coin issue: 10/2024
1) "Mermaid", Niue Island: "Mythological Characters Coin DSeries": The Fourth (4th) Silver Coin in the Series: A $2 (Two Dollars - NZD) Coin minted by the Czech Mint depicting a Mermaid: Year of Coin issue: 10/2024
2) "Medusa", Niue Island: "Mythological Characters Coin Series": The Second (2nd) Silver Coin in the Series: A $2 (Two Dollars - NZD) Coin minted by the Czech Mint depicting Medusa: Year of Coin issue: 06/2024
4) The Dolmens of Pedro Gentil with artefacts from Svodin and Sturov: "Treasures od ancient civilisations": The VI (Sixth) Silver Coin in the Deriesd: Dzate/Year of Coin issue: 05/2024
5) The Egyptian Landmarks - the Pyramids of Giza and the statue of a seated scribe - appear in relief on this silver coin: "Treasures odf ancient civilisations": The III (Third) Silver Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 09/2023
6) Two prehistoric monuments - the Venus of Willendorf and the Lascaux cove paintings appear in the relief on this silver coin: 'Treasures of ancient civilisations": The V (Fifth) Silver Coin in the series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 02/2024
7) The relics of two Mediterranean Cultures - Minoan and Mycenaean appear in relief on this silver coin: "Treasures of Ancient Civilisatioms": The IV (Fourth) Silver Coin in the series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 11/2023
8) The landmarks of Ancient Rome appear in relief on this silver coin: "Treasures of ancient civilisations": The VIII (Eighth) Silver Coin in the series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 11/2024
Links to "The Coin Series - The Prehistoric World - The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards:
1) "Plesiosaurs", Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Serkies - The prehistoric Worfld - The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD): Eleventh Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 08/2024
2) "ARCHAEOPTERYX", Niue Island: Coin minted by the Czech Mint: "Coin Series - The prehistoric world": "The Wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar -NZD): Eighth Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 11/2023
3) "Brachiosaurus", Niue Island: Coin Minted by: The Czech Mint: Coin Series - The prehistoric World of Mesozoin Lizards": Denomination: $1 One Dollar - NZD): Ninth Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 04/2024
4) "Stegosaurus", Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series - The prehistoric world": "The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD): Tenth Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 08/2024
5) "Tyrannosaurus", Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series - The Prehistoric World": "The Wondrous World of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $ 1 (One Dollar - NZD): First Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 05/2022
6) "Triceratops", Niue Island: Coin minted By: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series - The prehistoric World": "The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD): Second Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 06/2022
7) "Ankylosaurus", Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series - The prehistoric world": "The wonderful world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD): Third Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 07/2022
8) "Pachycephalosaurus", Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series - The prehistoric world": "The wondrous world of Mesozoin Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD): Fourth Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 09/2022
9) "Parasaurolophus", Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series - THe rehistoric world":"The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards: Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD) Fifth Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 04/2023:
10) "Maiasaura", Niue Island: Coin Minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series: "The prehistoric world": "The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD) : Sixth Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 07/2023:
11) "Pteronadon", Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series - The prehistoric World": "The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD): Seventh Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 08/2023
Links to Seven Wonders of the Ancient World:
Greek Mythology Coin Series:
Links to Signs of the Zodiac Coin Series issued by the Czech Mint posts:
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Links to posts on "Dog Breeds":
Links to posts on JAWA Motorcycles on this blog:
1) "Jawa 250 Motorcycle", Czech Republic: "Great Czech Transportation Coin Series: Cesna Narodna Banka (Czech National Bank) has issued 500 Koruna Silver Coins, minted by the Ceska Mincovna featuring the stylish motorcycle: Date/Year of Coin issue: 06/2022
2) "On The Wheels", JAWA Motorcycles, Czech Mint: A set of four gold quater ounce JAWA proof coins issued by the Czech Mint: Date/Year of Coins issue: 10/20
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