The Official Blister 2011 "Ice Hockey World Championships of Slovakia" contains a full set of circulating euros (1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cents and 1, 2 euros), and 5 euros silver coin in original folder commemorating the event.
The 2011 IIHF World Championship was the 75th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between the 29 April and the 15 May 2011 in Slovakia. The games were played in the Orange Arena in Bratislava, and the Steel Arena in Kosice. This was the first time the independent Slovakia hosted the World Championships. However, this was the third time that Bratislava co-hosted the World Championships.
Slovak 1 and 2 euro coins depict the "Double Cross in the middle of Three Hills" designed by Ivan Rehak. The coins with a nominal value of 50, 20 and 10 euro cents depict the Bratislava Castle designed by Jan Cernaj and Pavol Karoly, and coin 1 - 5 cents depict the artistic design of Krivan designed by Drahomir Zobek. |