Slovakia, 1939 AD., 1st Republic, Jozef Tiso commemorative, 20 Korún, KM 3.
Slovakia, 1st Republic, Jozef Tiso commemorative, engravers: Andrej Peter (obverse) and Anton Hám (reverse), 1939 AD.,
20 Korún (ø 31 mm / 15,15 g), 0.500 silver, 15,00 g. theor. mint weight, mintage 200.000 , axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), reeded edge,
Obv.: DR. JOZEF TISO·PRVà PREZIDENT SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY / · 26.X.1939 · , his bust facing right.
Rev.: SLOVENSKÃ REPUBLIKA / 20 - Ks , value flanking Slovak shield of arms: double cross on shield within wreath.
KM 3 .
Year / Mintage
1939 200.000
Jozef Tiso (13 October 1887 – 18 April 1947) was a Slovak Roman Catholic priest, and a leading politician of the Slovak People's Party. Between 1939 and 1945, Tiso was the head of the 1939–45 First Slovak Republic, a satellite state of Nazi Germany. After the end of World War II, Tiso was convicted and hanged for treason.