Year 1968 and Czechoslovak coins

In 1953, J. V. Stalin died. In the socialist countries, the regime gradually began to relax. Censorship became increasingly loose. It was even possible to travel freely. Many people believed that the previous crimes of communism were the mistakes of individuals and not of the system.

People started really trying to work as best they could. You can see it on the coins of the time. I think they're nice.

However, many comrades in the Soviet Union did not like the developments in our country. On 21 August 1968, the armies of Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and the Soviet Union invaded us. Altogether, it was about 300,000 men. And so, overnight, we went from being a Soviet satellite to a directly occupied country.

From that moment it was clear that communism could not be reformed, it could only be eliminated. Except for a handful of fools and traitors, no one believed in it anymore.

People have stopped trying to do things properly. The best emigrated to the West. The level of our culture and art has declined. And it will show in the coins. These are our last beautiful coins.

10 Czechoslovak Crowns (10 Kčs), Anniversary of the National Theatre, diameter 30 mm, weight 12 g of silver, purity 500/1000, 55.100 pieces

25 Czechoslovak Crowns (25 Kčs), Anniversary of the National Museum, diameter 34 mm, weight 16 g of silver, purity 500/1000, 51.256 pieces

50 Czechoslovak Crowns (50 Kčs), Anniversary of the National Museum, diameter 37 mm, weight 20 g of silver, purity 900/1000, 58.000 pieces

I promised myself to write at least 24 articles by January 25. This is the seventeenth.