Gold half-ounce medal Václav Havel 2012 Proof

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Exclusive gold medal, minted at the Czech Mint in 2012 in top quality proof, made of the purest 24 carat gold weighing 1/2 ounce (15.5 g). The main motif on the obverse side is a portrait of Václav Havel, which is accompanied by a line lettering. The reverse side features the centrally placed signature of Václav Havel, which is accompanied in the description by the bilingual motto: 'Truth and love will triumph over lies and hatred'.

The medal comes in a luxurious red velvet case with a certificate of authenticity in a limited edition of only 600 pieces for the whole world!

A tribute to the first Czech president

Václav Havel (October 5, 1936 - December 18, 2011), the last Czechoslovak president and the first Czech president, finally left politics in 2003, at the end of his last term in office. He was thus able to resume his original profession as a playwright. He also tried his hand at directing, when he made a film of his last play, Leaving, written after his political career had ended.

Václav Havel was one of the most prominent figures of Czech dissent and a symbol of the Velvet Revolution, which caused the fall of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for a number of years for his services to the revolution.

He was first elected President in December 1989 and served continuously until 2003, when he was replaced by Václav Klaus.

However, Havel gained worldwide fame not only as a politician and dissident, but also as a playwright and one of the best-known authors of the theatre of the absurd.

Even during his lifetime, the personality of Václav Havel, a man of great ideas, was a symbol of something that some understand and others condemn. Dramatic and political work perhaps cannot have a different effect in the wider international community. In Czech society, Havel was met with both immense admiration and harsh condemnation. By a strange transmutation, truth and love, the central slogan of his supporters and admirers, became a negative concept in the hands of his opponents. But this does not detract from his personality. He has simply become a symbol of support for discussion and the search for truth, of which Czech society has very few. Much has already been written about him and much more will be written.

Truth and love have many interpretations, and the symbol Havel will forever help to discover them.

The medal was created in cooperation with the Dagmar and Václav Havel Foundation - VIZE 97. By purchasing the silver medal you contribute 400 CZK to the VIZE 97 Foundation.