Prague Spring

A totalitarian regime was established in Czechoslovakia after the communist coup in 1948. Two decades later, however, better times were to come. Not only ordinary people, but also the reformist communists at the head of the state desired political, social and economic change. However, the free-thinking period of liberalisation was suddenly and brutally suppressed by the military invasion in 1968. The events of the so-called "Prague Spring" are commemorated by a miniseries of commemorative coins minted by the Czech Mint.