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Use of Precious Metals in Mintage
Jeřábková, Anna ; Stará, Dana (advisor) ; Srbek, Pavel (referee)
The paper is focused on the use of precious metal, in particular gold and silver, in the coining process. The first part of the paper searches for the growth of coining process on the Czech territory since its very beginning until the 21st century and development
of selected mints and their positions in a given period. Simultaneously, together with the mint development, the paper describes the issue of coins, the method of the coinage, the coin visual aspect, and, marginally, the coin falsification. For reason of better orientation in the mint & coin history, the paper seeks to depict particular periods of the Czech currency. Following the coins, another issue, medals, is described, thereby giving a comprehensive summary of the Czech coining process.
The above description is followed by the practical part that analyses price development of specific precious metal depending upon the currency rate of CZK versus USD in the period of 1991 - 2015. Following the price development, investments in precious metal are evaluated. These are evaluated in relation to two ways of investments. One of them is the option of investment in a commemorative coin issued by the Czech National Bank and minted by the Czech Mint; the other one is an investment in gold-based coins. The paper concludes with an analysis of activities of and management by the Czech Mint, being the only mint in the Czech Republic.
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Gold and its Economic Importance in the Russian Federation
Ivanushkin, Nikolay ; Stará, Dana (advisor) ; Srbek, Pavel (referee)
Gold has always played and will play a big role in the development of mankind and the development of individual countries. Gold is in the interests of the Russian state appeared in the 15th century. For centuries Russia explored deposits of gold, but only in the 19th gold mining became an independent field. Analysis was conducted on the gold mining regions in Russia, from which it follows that the undisputed leader in gold mining is the Krasnodar region. A certain part of the country's reserves of Bank of Russia since 1992, holding in gold. In the practical part of the international reserves was analyzed and Russia revealed that the active gold buying is conducted in 2014. Gold is used in many areas. From the practical part it follows that of 21st century a large part of the demand for gold accounted for the manufacture of jewelry and in industry. For the Russian citizens, gold became an advantageous investment during the crisis in Russia.
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