10 Euro 2024 - Cyprian of the Red Monastery, Proof

Silver collector's euro coin of Slovakia r. 2024 with a nominal value of 10 EURO, issued on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Friar Cyprian from the Red Monastery, also known as the flying Cyprian, in proof version.

Monk Cyprian was the most famous religious in the entire Monastery. He worked as a sought-after folk healer, traveler, constructor and collector. He was exceptional in pharmacy, alchemy, botany, medicine. The legend "Flying Cyprian" was also created about the friar, according to which he was supposed to make a device with wings and fly near the Monastery.

Coin details:

Production - proof

Material: Ag 900/1000, Cu 100/1000

Weight: 18 g Diameter: 34 mm

Author of the proposal: Mgr. art. Roman Lugár

Manufacturer: Kremnica

Mint Quantity: 9,150 pcs

Obverse side of the collector coin: The face of the collector's euro coin features a fictitious portrait of Cyprian holding a straw bag with medicinal plants. In the upper part, the composition is completed with the design of a flying machine and an eagle.

The reverse side of the collector's coin: On the reverse side of the collector's euro coin is a medicinal plant, which is complemented on the right by part of the grounds of the Red Monastery and part of the Pieniny Mountains - Three Crowns Hill. The birth and death dates of Friar Cyprian 1724 and 1775 are indicated above this composition.