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Inverted anchor cross. A cross with slightly widened ends, with two anchor flukes coming out of the top and curving left and right, also with slightly widened ends.







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  • 1994 Slovakia 10 Korún

    1994 Slovakia 10 Korún

    A beautiful 11th Century cross depicting figures still up for debate. History (Slovakia (dark green) in the EU (light green). From Wikipedia). The oldest surviving archaeological artifacts from Slovakia, found near Nové Mesto nad Váhom, are dated to around 270,000 BC, in the Early Palaeolithic era. These ancient tools, made by the Clactonian technique, bear…

  • 1924 Czechoslovakia 20 Haléřů

    1924 Czechoslovakia 20 Haléřů

    An agricultural snapshot Czechoslovakia (Map of 1918-1938 and 1945-1992 Czechoslovakia. From Wikipedia). Czechoslovakia as a country existed from the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, until the “Velvet revolution” of 1989 which led to the overthrow of the communist regime. Ultimately, the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on January…