2500 Tolarjev 35th Chess Olympiad

Features

Issuer Slovenia
Period Republic (1991-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2002
Value 2500 Tolarjev (2500 SIT)
Currency Tolar (1991-2006)
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 15 g
Diameter 32 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 15 January 2007
Number
N#
24836
References KM# 48,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Čop# 625.02
Vitomir Čop; 2015. Slovenski kovanci in bankovci v 20. stoletju. self-published, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Commemorative issue

On occasion of the 35th Chess olympiad Bled

Obverse

Rearing horse and reflection

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Republika Slovenija 2002
2500 tolarjev

Designer: Miljenko Licul

Reverse

Chess pieces in starting positions and reflection

Script: Latin

Lettering: 35. šahovska olimpiada Bled 2002

Designer: Miljenko Licul

Edge

First mintage with 200 reeds and second mintage with 160 reeds.

Mint

Kremnica, Slovakia (1328-date)

Comments

Chess is a game for two players each of whom moves his 16 pieces according to fixed rules across a checkerboard and tries to checkmate his opponent´s king. Given the common expressions used for individual moves and combinations in any language, chess can be considered constructor of bridges between races, nations and people of different beliefs.
There are no reliable sources on the origins of the so-called "royal game", however, its cradle is presumably somewhere in Asia, most probably in what is today Iran or India. The oldest written records on chess date from the late 6th century Persia. Merchants brought the game to Europe at the turn of the first millennium. In the Middle Ages and especially at the beginning of the Modern Age chess became a popular game. Problem chess established itself in Europe long before chess tournaments did. This was also the case in Slovenia: ever since 1856 Slovenians were also awarded the highest prizes. At the turn of the 19th century Milan Vidmar was one of the world´s top chess players. The 20th century registered several Slovenian grand masters, like Vasja Pirc, Bruno Parma, Albin Planinec, Stojan Puc and others. Chess has been popular among the youth and there are many potential future masters among the participants in the youth chess tournaments.
The Slovenian chess gained its highest recognition on the occasion of the congress of FIDE, the international chess organisation, in 1998 when Slovenia was entrusted with the organisation of the 35th Chess Olympiad Bled, Slovenia 2002, with the greatest chess masters from all over the world participating.
To mark this event, which countries get to host perhaps only once in a lifetime of their average citizen, the Republic of Slovenia is issuing two commemorative coins. The front of the coins features the 32 chess pieces in starting position of the game and on the back there is the official logotype of the Olympiad – an image of a reared up horse with its reflection in the water (the lake of Bled).
Accessed at: https://www.bsi.si/en/banknotes-and-coins/slovenian-tolar/commemorative-editions-republic-of-slovenia/on-occasion-of-the-35th-chess-olympiad-bled-slovenia-2002

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
2002  1 000 0% 160 reeds (2nd mintage); Proof
2002  Photo 1 000 $ 73 100% 200 reeds (1st mintage); Proof

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 2500 Tolarjev (35th Chess Olympiad)Picture 1 of a sold 2500 Tolarjev (35th Chess Olympiad)
The Coinhouse Auctions
Auction 39
Lot 1039
Internet Archive
16 Dec 2023 2002 – 200 reeds (1st mintage); Proof UNC USD 97.19
(EUR 90.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2500 Tolarjev (35th Chess Olympiad)Picture 1 of a sold 2500 Tolarjev (35th Chess Olympiad)
The Coinhouse Auctions
Auction 16
Lot 1626
Internet Archive
26 Sep 2020 2002 – 200 reeds (1st mintage); Proof UNC USD 43.20
(EUR 40.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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