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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 2801363, member: 29751"]The Krause guide for this medal describes it as commemorating the 1000th anniversary of the introduction of Christianity to Bohemia. This is not what the medal was struck to commemorate, as Christianity was prevalent in Moravia and Bohemia some 100 years before the year 929. I surmise that some of the confusion comes from the date of 929 -- at the time the medal was struck, scholars mostly assigned a death year to St. Wenceslas of 929. However, since the early 20th century, most scholars agree St. Wenceslas was likely assassinated in 935, not 929. Nonetheless, this is just one of many examples where you can't always believe descriptions offered in the Krause guide (and other guides). </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography-6/1929_Czechoslovakia_10D_silver_XM6_PCGS_MS65_composite_zps8htnm6ac.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 2801363, member: 29751"]The Krause guide for this medal describes it as commemorating the 1000th anniversary of the introduction of Christianity to Bohemia. This is not what the medal was struck to commemorate, as Christianity was prevalent in Moravia and Bohemia some 100 years before the year 929. I surmise that some of the confusion comes from the date of 929 -- at the time the medal was struck, scholars mostly assigned a death year to St. Wenceslas of 929. However, since the early 20th century, most scholars agree St. Wenceslas was likely assassinated in 935, not 929. Nonetheless, this is just one of many examples where you can't always believe descriptions offered in the Krause guide (and other guides). [IMG]http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography-6/1929_Czechoslovakia_10D_silver_XM6_PCGS_MS65_composite_zps8htnm6ac.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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