Silver investment coin Voyage of the first steamship on the Danube in Bratislava - 200th anniversary

Coin Details

Author: acad. sculpture. Zbyněk Fojtů

Material: Ag 900, Cu 100

Weight: 18 g

Diameter: 34 mm

Edge: inscription: " – VIENNA – BRATISLAVA – BUDAPEST"

Manufacturer: Kremnica Mint

Engraver: Dalibor Schmidt

Cargo:

2,750 units in the regular version

in proof version 5,650 pcs

Emission: 22 May 2018

Silver collector's coin worth 10 euros Voyage of the first steamboat on the Danube in Bratislava - 200th anniversary

The nineteenth century, the century of steam, brought the development of steamships also in the Austrian monarchy. Already in 1817, the first Carolina steamer appeared on the Danube, built in Vienna by Antal Bernhard/Anton Bernard (1779 – 1830). The wooden paddle steamer measured 15 meters, was 3.5 m wide and had a side height of 2.3 m. The steam engine had a power of 24 horsepower and could pull 45 tons of cargo upstream. The test of the steamship over a longer distance was carried out on September 2, 1818, with a three-hour voyage from Vienna to Bratislava. The steamer docked at the wharf opposite the Coronation Hill (today Námestie Ľudovíta Štúr). The next day, according to the newspaper Pressburger Zeitung, he performed several turns downstream and upstream and continued to Pest. He set sail from Pest on September 16, 1818, on his historic first upstream voyage. He sailed only during the day and arrived in Komárno on September 26, 1818.

Obverse:

The obverse of the coin shows a technical diagram of the steam engine of the Carolina steamship, which in 1818 was the first steamship to sail on the Danube in Bratislava. In the left part of the coin field is the national emblem of the Slovak Republic. Above it is the name of the state SLOVAKIA. In the lower part of the coin field is the year 2018. Mark of Mint Kremnica MK and the stylized initials of the author of the design of the coin akad. sculpture. Zbyňka Fojtů ZF are in the upper right part of the coin field.

Reverse side:

On the back of the coin, the steamer Carolina is shown from a perspective with a contemporary view of Bratislava in the background. The designation of the nominal value of the 10 EURO coin is in the description at the bottom of the coin field. The inscription FIRST STEAMER IN BRATISLAVA is in the description in the upper part of the coin field. The year of the first steamboat voyage on the Danube in Bratislava, 1818, is on the left edge of the coin.