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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 623134, member: 19065&quot;]Probably a bronze or bronze-plated coin at top and a silver commem. below.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are other gold and silver Charles Bridge (or Karlus Most) coins out there commemorating this historic site. See the Gild? site: </p><p><a href="http://www.zlate-mince.cz/UK_Start.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.zlate-mince.cz/UK_Start.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.zlate-mince.cz/UK_Start.htm</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.zlate-mince.cz/CRM_Karluv_Most.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.zlate-mince.cz/CRM_Karluv_Most.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.zlate-mince.cz/CRM_Karluv_Most.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Look around on the <b>Czech Mint Co.</b> page to get an idea of metals they use: <a href="http://www.mint.cz/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mint.cz/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mint.cz/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And the Czech National Bank has a Numismatic page, maybe there&#039;s an archive of your coins there:</p><p><a href="http://www.cnb.cz/en/banknotes_coins/numismatics/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cnb.cz/en/banknotes_coins/numismatics/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnb.cz/en/banknotes_coins/numismatics/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Incidentally, the region around Prague was historically rich in silver and the groschen was a coin widely used in medieval Europe. There&#039;s info online about the medieval coins such as the groschen: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_groschen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_groschen" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_groschen</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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