Silver Coin Janko Kráľ - 200th Anniversary of Birth 2022 Proof

Janko Kral - 200th anniversary of his birth

Exclusive silver coin issued in Slovakia and minted by the Kremnica Mint in 2022 in top quality proof weighing 18 g is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Janko Kral.

The reverse side of the collector's euro coin depicts a fictitious portrait of Janek Kráľ. The most famous poet of the Štúrovo generation is depicted in the traditional romantic image of a soulful man. In the left part of the coin's field, the name and surname "JANKO KRÁĹ" are given in the description. In the right part they are complemented by the years of his birth and death "1822 - 1876".

On the obverse side of the euro coin the image of the "cursed virgin" from the poetic composition of the same name is transferred. The girl's head is dominated by a crown of wavy hair brushed by the waves of the Váh River. The right part of the coin field contains a facsimile of the title of the poem 'The Cursed Maiden in the Váh and the Strange Janko'. In the upper part of the coin, the face value '10 EURO' is indicated, below it in two lines the name of the state 'SLOVAKIA' and the state emblem of the Slovak Republic with the year of issue '2022'.

Janko Kráľ (24 April 1822 - 23 May 1876) - Slovak poet, representative of romantic poetry. He wrote ballads, whose genre he expanded to include motifs of the author's reflections on himself, the world and events, as well as impressive descriptions of nature. He came from Liptovský Mikuláš and already during his studies at the Evangelical Lyceum in Bratislava he became one of the most radical poets of the Štúrovo generation. In 1848 he welcomed and praised the revolution and agitated the people, for which he was imprisoned. In the following years of his life he worked as a civil servant. In addition, he worked occasionally, published sporadically in magazines, but was no longer politically involved. He experienced the decisive political events of the revolution of 1848-1849. At the beginning of the 1960s, he took part in the Memorandum Assembly and in the ceremonial act of founding the Slovak Matrix in Turčianske Sv. Martin. All these events, connected with his own experiences, were captured in his poems - dumas. The works of Janek Kráľ, scattered in contemporary magazines, were published posthumously and in various selections. Literary scholarship ranks Janek Kráľ among the most important European Romantic poets.