Slovakia 10 Euros, 2021

10 Euros from Slovakia. Issued in 2021. Struck in Silver (.900). Measures 34 mm and weighs 18 g.

Obverse

The obverse depicts the wheel of the hoist that services the shaft above the underground hydroelectric plant in Kremnica. To the upper right of this image is the Slovak coat-of-arms, splitting the year of issuance ‘2021’. The name of the issuing country ‘SLOVENSKO’ is inscribed along the upper-left edge. At the bottom of the design are a stylised letter ‘N’, referring to the coin’s designer Štefan Novotný, and the mint mark of the Kremnica Mint (Mincovňa Kremnica), consisting of the letters ‘MK’ placed between two dies. (Slovakia)

Reverse

The reverse image depicts, in the lower right quadrant, the Kremnica underground hydroelectric power plant and, on the left side, the mine’s surface buildings connected with the Turčekovský water pipeline and with subterranean mine workings. The lower left quadrant includes an upper aperture on to a rail switch inside the mine and a lower aperture showing water flowing out of the adit. The words ‘PODZEMNÁ VODNÁ ELEKTRÁREŇ KREMNICA’ (Kremnica underground hydroelectric plant) are inscribed along the edge of the design. The coin’s denomination and currency ‘10 EURO’ appears in the space above the image. In the top part of the image are the years ‘1921’ and ‘2021’, separated by the mining symbol of a hammer and pick.