Our activities include in particular

• Issuing medals
  -> we issue our own medals
  -> we provide custom issue of your medals
• Publishing activities
• Medal of the year award
  -> Medal of the Year 2023
  -> Medal of the Year 2022
• Exhibitions
  -> Exhibition of medals and plaques in Piešt’any 2024

-> Medal of the Year award

– goal: to introduce new medal making to the public and to promote contemporary Slovak medal making; to introduce and appreciate the artists and encourage them to further their work
– form: public poll in the form of on-line voting, with accompanying exhibitions of the participating medals, with a final public announcement of the results, supported by a presentation in the media
– involved: creators/medal makers, commissioners/commissioners of medals, manufacturers, sellers, collectors, professionals, media, supporters

-> Petr Haimann: Dictionary of authors and makers of coins, medals,
plaques, decorations and badges (with reference to Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Slovakia (1505-2005))
– goal: to provide a service to collectors and professionals, promotion of medal making
– form: A. updating and completing the dictionary and publishing it as an addendum, B. creating an abridged on-line version of the dictionary, with the possibility of flexible updating of the data, in addition with photographs
– involved: author of the dictionary Petr Haimann, Medailérsky klub, Peter Zoričák (former archivist of the Kremnica Mint), collectors and professionals

This magnificent work, a must-read and part of the library of anyone interested in numismatics and medal making, brings together list
of thousands of medals and plaques with 1,172 images on almost 600 pages, in more than 2,100 mostly biographical medallions (2,136 authors, manufacturers or mints).
The result of the author’s 25 years of study of the field presents here sculptors, medallists, engravers and other artists from the Renaissance to the present day, both those who live or lived and worked in the territory of the countries of the Czech Crown and Slovakia, both natives who found their way abroad and foreign artists whose works are related to these countries. It also takes note of both official mints and private mints.
The medallions contain basic biographical data, exhibition summaries, awards, and above all, the most complete lists of the medallists‘ work (for our artists) and lists of the medallists‘ work related to these countries (for foreign artists), including data and dimensions. There is also an indication of further literature, possible references in catalogues, exhibitions, etc.

-> supporting and encouragement of young creators – high school and university students
– goal: to ensure the supply of new talented medallists
– form: cooperation with Secondary school of applied art and Academy
of Fine Arts in Bratislava to expand teaching in the field of medal making,
competitions for students and young artists
– involved: Secondary school of applied art and Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

-> catalogues/monographs of authors:
– Milan Struhárik – monograph, catalogue of medals, small sculptures,
wood carvings (planned 1Q 2025)
– Marián Polonský medals (update of the catalogue/list of medals and small sculptures)

– Alexander Vika – catalogue of medals
– Karol Lacko – inventory of medals
– Ľudmila Cvengrošová – inventory of medals

-> establishment of specialized medal library:
– goal: to provide interested persons from the public and professionals access to publications and monographs on medal making or catalogues of medals
– form: publicly accessible library located as a separate department within an existing public library
– involved: proposal – Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v.v.i.

-> publishing and promoting medals
– goal: publishing about medals and topics related to medal making, promotion of medals to the collecting public,
– form: specialised magazines and media, social networks/media