1990-2025

Znak Malá Skála, družstvo hodinářské a umělecké výroby

founded in 1951

The Znak Malá Skála cooperative is associated with the production of medals and plaques. It was formed by the merger of the Liberec Clockmakers' Production Cooperative and Severoznak Železný Brod. Its production included a range of watchmaking, jewellery, metal engraving, and stamping products, badges, enamel plaques, souvenir pendants, etc. Its services included a car service and car dealership, as well as watch and jewellery repairs. In 2008, a new facility for minting medals was built in Železný Brod. Thanks to a press with a pressure of 350,000 tons, they can mint medals from base and precious metals with a diameter of up to 100 mm. They have collaborated with the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the Office of the President of the Republic. Currently, they also produce decorations for the Presidential Protection Unit and the Ministry of the Interior. They have long-term cooperation with high-quality medal makers, the National Museum, and the Jablonec Vocational School.

Miroslav Votoček

founded in 1992

Miroslav Votoček's company in Pulečný has been engaged in minting and pressing since 1992. Production focuses on a variety of products. Initially, these were mainly pressed decorative components for chandeliers or metal jewellery. Other products include medals, badges, coins, tokens, company and sports logos, key rings, tie clips, and national emblems. The company also manufactures special badges for the Czech Police and volunteer fire departments. All products are designed from scratch and pressed from colored base metals, nickel silver, silver, and gold. Thanks to its wide range of products and the possibility of small series, this mint is popular with many customers.

Česká mincovna, a. s.

founded in 1993

The mint was officially opened on July 1, 1993. It became a key supplier of circulation coins after the establishment of the Czech Republic and, from 1996, was part of the joint-stock company Bižuterie Česká Mincovna a. s. After 2000, there were repeated organizational changes and changes to the company name – to Ornela and then to Jablonex Group. Česká mincovna, a. s. is now a private company. From 1993 to the present, it has minted over 3 billion circulation coins, millions of silver coins, and hundreds of thousands of gold coins. In addition to government contracts, it focuses on the production of high-quality commemorative and investment coins in cooperation with renowned medallists. In 2019, in cooperation with foreign mints, it produced a globally unique high-weight gold coin with a nominal value of CZK 100,000,000, a diameter of 535 mm, and a weight of 130 kg.

Lucid, spol. s r. o.

founded in 1994

Lucid specializes in cold pressing steel and tombac sheets. The company is a family business and manufactures a wide range of metal components for the electrical engineering and automotive industries. It also produces an extensive range of small and complex decorative items such as chandelier galleries, semi-finished products for jewellery and haberdashery, metal parts for Christmas decorations, promotional items, and commemorative medals made of precious and base metals. It manufactures metal Christmas decorations and fashion jewellery, including unique show collections, based on its own designs. Religious items are an important part of its production, continuing the company's historical regional tradition. Lucid uses a database of 65,000 historical pressing tools, making it one of the largest manufacturers of decorative metal parts in Europe. It offers a complete service from design to delivery and exports to many countries in Europe, Asia, and America.

Historická mincovna

founded in 1994

The company Historická Mincovna was founded by Bohumil Štěpánek and his wife Irena in 1994 as a coin mint. The family business focuses primarily on the historical essence of coin minting from base and precious metals. At selected historical events, it demonstrates coin minting using a press based on the medieval hammer mill principle or on a block with a die and hammer according to the medieval model. The range includes both double-sided minting from a single metal and technically demanding minting from two different colored metals. It also creates its own collector's collections. It produces medals, coins, and tokens for its customers from municipal and city authorities, companies, and institutions.

Zanokov, spol. s r. o.

founded in 1995

The family business Zanokov was founded by Jaroslav Záveský, who began pressing small haberdashery goods for the leather, saddlery, and footwear industries at home and shoe grips. After 1995, he expanded production to include other haberdashery products for motorcyclists and western riders, decorations for horse and dog harnesses, belt buckles, metal technical and decorative components for handbags and stationery. It also presses advertising and promotional items, badges, buttons, tie clips, equipment fittings, logos, and commemorative medals and plaques. For foreign customers, the company produced pressed brass replicas of antique furniture fittings.

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Come and see the local collections of glass, jewellery, buttons, coins, medails and plaques in the permanent exhibitions The Endless Story of Jewellery, The Magic Garden - Bohemian Glass in Seven Centuries and The World of Wonders / WOW (Glass Christmas Decorations). Go for glittering beauty!

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