2 euro Slovakia 2009 – 20th anniversary of 17 November 1989

The coin shows a stylised bell with keys serving as clappers. It recalls the demonstration on 17 November 1989 when protesters jangled their keys to symbolise the unlocking of doors, an event which marked the beginning of the “Velvet Revolution” in Czechoslovakia, as it then was. Under the bell are the artist s mark and the mint mark of Mincovňa Kremnica (the Slovak mint). Issuing volume: 1 million coins. Issuing date: November 2009.