Mint Year: 1979 References: KM-99. Denomination: 100 Korun - 150 Years - Birth of Ján Botto. Condition: Certified and graded by PCGS as PR-69 Deep Cameo! Mintage: 2,191 pcs. (originally there were 5,000, but 2,809 of them were unsold and subsequently destroyed) Material: Silver (.700) Diameter: 33mm Weight: 15gm
Ján Botto (27 January 1829, Vyšný Skálnik – 28 April 1881, Banská Bystrica) was a Slovak poet, writer of the Štúr generation and co-founder of the first Slovak gymnasium in Revúca.
The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (Czech/Slovak: Československá socialistická republika) was the official name of Czechoslovakia from 1960 until shortly after the Velvet Revolution in 1989. It has been regarded as a satellite state of the Soviet Union.