2 Euro Commemorative coins Slovakia 2025

100 years since the Ice hockey European Championships in High Tatras

The Obverse features an ice hockey player in action wearing the typical uniform of players of that era (1925). The background shows a stylized view of the High Tatras, a Slovak mountain chain located in the area where the event took place. At the top is the circular inscription “MAJSTROVSTVÁ EURÓPY V HOKEJI” (EUROPEAN HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP), while at the bottom, adjacent to the design, is the inscription “SLOVENSKO". At the top left, in the space between the inscription and the image, are the years “1925” and “2025,” written one below the other. On the right, between the figure of the player, part of the mountain range, and the inscription, are the mintmark "MK" and the initials of the author "KL" . On the outer part 12 five-pointed stars, symbol of the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value "2" on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription "EURO". Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with the inscription "SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA" and two stars interspersed with a lime leaf.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).