3932) Italian Mafia Cosa Nostra, Czech Mint: "Chronicle of Organised Crime Coin Series": First issue in the Series": A Silver Medal highlights the nefarious activities of the Gang (Cosa Nostra is translated as "Our Cause"): Date/Year of Medal issue: 04/2025:
Product description:
The new series of the Czech Mint called World Gangs is a
dark chronicle of organised crime. The first silver medal represents the
Italian-American mafia known as Cosa Nostra.
Silver Medal World Gangs - Cosa Nostra "Chronicle of Organised Crime Coin Series":
The Header/Banner presents the Reverse and Obverse of the Silver Medal against a gangster belonging to the Cosa Nostra Gang.
Organised crime is a reprehensible manifestation of the
human desire for power – the unwillingness to live in accordance with social
norms. The evil and violence that are inherently connected with it still
fascinate us.
What is the cause of this morbid fascination? Perhaps the idea of
rebellion
against authority – of
an exciting and unbridled life according to one's own rules.
However, life on
the other side of the law, which is brought to life in the new cycle of coloured Silver Medals, is very far from the idealised stories from mafia books and
films.
The organisation called Cosa Nostra, which is the first
issue of the series, was founded in the 19th century in Sicily, where it
replaced a poorly functioning state. Its godfathers protected their fellow
citizens and also punished them.
Cosa Nostra thus came into conflict with the
judiciary and gradually turned into a criminal organisation. Its domain was
mainly gunpowder.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Sicilian criminals
emigrated in droves to the USA, where they found fertile ground for their activities.
They thrived especially in the era of prohibition, when they burned and
smuggled illegal alcohol, but it quickly became clear that nothing was sacred
to them at all…
The history of Sicily has been full of hardship. Over the
centuries, the island has been ruled by various powers, giving rise to various
secret societies that fought against foreign domination and defended the
interests of the indigenous population.
When Italy united in the 19th century,
so did Sicily's militant groups, which until then had been tenacious but small
and unorganised.
Thus was born Cosa Nostra - (translated as "Our Cause" - an
organisation that created an alternative establishment on the island to replace
the poorly functioning state.
Its godfathers protected their fellow citizens
and also punished them. Not by law, but by customary law. They didn't hesitate
to pass death sentences on their opponents.
Cosa Nostra came into direct
conflict with the judiciary and gradually turned into a criminal organisation.
Its domain became mainly extortion.
At the beginning of the 20th century,
Sicilian criminals emigrated to the USA, where they found base for their
activities.
They thrived especially during the Prohibition era, when they
burned and smuggled illegal alcohol on a large scale, but it quickly became
apparent that nothing was sacred to them - the arms and drug trade, gambling,
prostitution, robbery or influencing trade unions, politicians, courts and
government contracts.
For decades, both Italy and America were in the clutches
of crime families who did not hesitate to shed the blood of policemen, innocent
people and their own brothers in the name of money and power.
What was behind
the success of the Italian-American Mafia?
A rigid hierarchy and a code of
principles, silence and obedience, the violation of which carried with it the
only punishment. Death...
The Medal:
Medal maker Adam Liška, DiS., has dedicated the Reverse side
of the medal to a portrait of a mafia member who seems to have been in a
gangster movie. He's not missing his hat or sunglasses.
His fresh expression
suggests that he is not joking, which is only proved by his clenched fist armed
with a boxer.
The ornaments refer to the mafia's position in society. Its
members moved in circles where there was no shortage of money, so they often
had their weapons, furniture or even glasses decorated.
The ornament most
closely resembles the engraving on the pistols that were an integral part of
every gangster's life.
For example, the ornate Colt owned by Al Capone was
auctioned off for a huge amount of money.
The hatband and tie are coloured for dramatic effect . "The red colour
signifies both blood and luxury, " adds Adam Liška.
The Obverse side of
the medal, which is common to the entire series, then presents firearms and
cold weapons, a skull and a globe, conveying that organised crime is rampant
around the world.
The Japanese Yakuza is another addition to the
collectible crime series.
The Presentation Box/Case - closed
The Presentation Box/Case - Open - displaying the Silver Medal
The Specifications of this Silver Medal are:
Issuer: Czech
mint
Designer of the Obverse: Adam
Liška
Designer of the Reverse: Adam
Liška
Numbered issue: No
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Standard
Metal Composition/Material: .999 Fineness Silver (Ag)
Coloured: Yes
Weight: 31.1 g or 1.00 oz
Diameter/Size: 37 mm
Packaging: Black
leather case
Capsule: Yes
Mintage: 500 pcs
Chronicle of Organised Crime Coin Series:
Human Body Coin Series:
1) Human Body - Muscular System, Czech Mint: "Human Body Coin Series": First (1st) Coin in the Series: A Silver $1 (One Dollar) Coin issued by the Mint featuring the Muscular System - specially that of the Head: Date/Year of Coin issue: 12/2024 (with Year of issue pri nted as 2025
2) Human Body - Ocular System, Czech Mint: "Human Body Coin Series: : Second (2nd) Coin in the Series: A Silver $1 (One Dollar) Coin issued by the Mint featuring the Ocular System - specially that of the Eye: Date/Year of Coin issue: 03/2025
3) Human Body - Respiratory System, Czech Mint: "Human Body Coin Series": Third (3rd) Coin in the Series: A Silver $1 (One Dollar) Coin issued by the Mint festuring the Respiratory System - specifically the lungs: Date/Year of Coin issue: 05/2025
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
5) Karl Marx, Czech Mint: "Cult of Personality Coin Series": Second (2nd) Coin in the Series: A Gold Ducat issued by the Mint featuring the well known figure: Date/Year of Coin issue: 08/2022
6) Josif Stalin, Czech Mint: "Cult of Personality Coin Series": Fourth (4th) Coin in the Series: A Gold Ducat issued by the Mint featuring the well known figure: Date/Year of Ducat issue: 01/2023
7) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Czech Mint: "Cult of Personatity Coin Series": Eighth (8th) Coin in the Series: A Gold Ducat issued by the Mint featuring the well known figure: Date/Year of Ducat issue: 01/2024
8) Mother Teresa, Czech Mint: "Cult of Personality Coin Series": First (1st) Coin in the Series: A Gold Ducat issued by the Mint featuring the well known figure: Date/Year of Ducat issue: 08/2022
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
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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 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
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