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Banská Bystrica - 750 Anniversary Issue number
347
Date of issue
14.02.2005
Face value
16.00 Sk
Sell price
0.26 €

The history of Banská Bystrica is rich and colourful. As early as 1255, following a Tatar invasion when the King Belo IV invited colonists to come and inhabit the territory, Banská Bystrica was declared a free town with extensive privileges. The contemporary habitants received valuable liberties – the right to mine precious metals over the territory of the then Zvolen District, as well as the right to elect a mayor and parish priest. In 1380, Banská Bystrica joined other mining towns of the area to form a union. Banská Bystrica remained the leader of this union until the end of the...

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