4024) Aero L-39 Albatros jet trainer, Czech Republic: A Silver coin of 500 Kč (Czech koruna) issued by the Czech National Bank (CNB) features the iconic aircraft: Date/Year of Coin issue: June 2025:
Product description:
The Czech National Bank's series of silver coins with a
nominal value of 500 CZK, which will commemorate famous means of transport over
a period of five years, presents its fifth issue. The coin with the year 2025,
which was minted in standard quality, is dedicated to the Aero L-39 Albatros
jet trainer.
When the Aero L-29 Delfín won the Warsaw Pact competition
for a standard jet trainer in 1961, it was a huge success for Aero Vodochody.
Following a decision by the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance,
Czechoslovakia became the main supplier of aircraft in this category, and our
designers immediately began to come up with ideas for the next generation.
The
result was the L-39 Albatros, which took off for the first time on November 4,
1968 and became famous as the most widely used aircraft of its type in the
world.
The two-seater, single-engine, low-wing jet aircraft excelled in its
versatility and universality of use.
It was designed for basic and advanced
training, but was also used in combat missions as a light attack aircraft.
However, it could also engage air targets.
Thanks to its excellent flight
characteristics and easy handling, it was also ideal for aerobatics, where it
dazzled with its unprecedented elegance.
An undemanding and reliable machine
with simple maintenance and low operating costs, it was designed to operate
without problems even from unpaved surfaces, so it is no wonder that it was
chosen by more than 40 military operators based in all conceivable climatic
conditions.
Production of the Albatros was discontinued in 1995 and almost
3,000 units had been built. Hundreds of them are still flying in military and
civilian service.
The Commemorative Coin:
The Reverse of the 500 Kc (Czech Koruna) Silver commemorative Coin featuring the Albatros was
designed by academic sculptor Zbyněk Fojtů.
The expert committee of the Czech
National Bank particularly appreciated the "faithful depiction of the
aircraft in motion and the view of the cockpit".
A special feature is the
optical viewing element that runs through the entire thickness of the coin and
is therefore visible from both sides.
This element takes the form of an
aircraft instrument known as an artificial horizon. And that's not all! If you
shine a laser pointer through the element, it will project the silhouettes of
two Albatrosses onto the wall.
The Obverse of the 500 Kc (Czech Koruna) Silver commemorative Coin features a front view of the Albatros aircraft in flight,
The peripheral inscriptions are - "CESKA REPUBLICA" (on the upper periphery) and "500 Kc" (on the lower periphery).
All Czech coins – both circulation and commemorative –
are minted by the Czech Mint in Jablonec nad Nisou.
The Specifications of this Coin are:
Issuer: Czech National Bank (CNB)
Nominal value: 500 Kc (Czech koruna)
Designer of the Obverse: ak.
soch. Zbyněk Fojtů
Designer of the Reverse: ak.
soch. Zbyněk Fojtů
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Standard
Material: Silver (Ag)
Fineness: 925
Weight: 25 g
Diameter/Size: 40.00 mm
Packaging: Capsule
Date of issue: June 2025
Links to some interesting Posts from the Czech Republic:
Cat Breeds Coin Series:
1) British Shorthair Cat Breed, Niue Island: "Cat Breeds Coin Series": A $1 (One Dollar Silver Proof Coin minted by the Czech Mint: Date/Year of Coin issue: March 2024
2) Maine Coon Cat Breed, Niue Island: "Cat Breeds Coin Series": A $1 (One Dollar) Silver Proof Coin minted by the Czech Mint: Date/Year of Coin issue: April 2024
3) Siamese Cat Breed, Niue Island: "Cat Breeds Coin Series": a $1 (One Dollar -NZD) Silver Proof Coin minted by the Czech Mint: Date/Year of Coin issue: April 2024
Medieval Queens - Dowry:
1) Eliska Rejcka, Czech Mint: A Set of Gold Ducat and Silver thaler: Dowry Towns of Bohemian Queens: Date/Year of Coins issue: 03/2025
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
4) Human Body - Skeletal System, Czech Mint: "Human Body Coin Series": Fourth (4th) Coin in the Series: A Silver $1 (One Dollar) Coin issued by the Mint featuring the Skeletal System - specially - specifically the Knee: Date/Year of Coin issue: 08/2025
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
Aero L-39 Albatros Jet Trainer:
1) Aero L-39 Albatros jet Trainer, Czech Republic: A Silver Coin of 500 Kc (Czech koruna) issued by the Czech National Bank (CNB) features the iconic aircraft: Date/Year of Coin issue: June 2025
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
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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:
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