10 Euro of Slovakia 2018 Proof - Adam Frantisek Kollar

The obverse depicts a portrait of Kollár. At the left, inscribed in semi-circle along the edge, is his name ‘ADAM FRANTIŠEK KOLLÁR’, and at the right of the portrait are the years of his birth and death ‘1718 - 1783’.

The coin’s obverse design depicts part of a period library together with the name of one of Kollár’s scientific works: Analecta monumentorum omnis aevi Vindobonensia (Viennese Anthology of Texts of All Ages) At the left of the central bookshelf is the coat of arms of the Slovak Republic. Along the top edge, in semi-circle, is the name of the issuing country ‘SLOVENSKO’, and at the bottom is the year of issuance ‘2018’. The coin’s denomination and currency ‘10 EURO’ are shown in two lines within a bookshelf at the lower left. On the upper bookshelf, between two books on the left, are the mint mark of the Kremnica Mint (consisting of the initials ‘MK’ between two dies) and the stylised letters ‘ZF’, the initials of the coin’s designer (Zbyňek Fojtů).