The National Bank of Poland has released (21st June) a new set of six rectangular silver Proof collector coins which detail the designs of Poland’s current banknotes in denominations of 10 to 500 zloty. The zloty, translated from the word “golden,” has been in use within Poland intermittingly since it was created by the country’s […]
Poland: New silver and colour glass Proof coins released to mark the 700th anniversary of the consecration of St. Mary’s Basilica in Kraków
The National Bank of Poland has released (22nd May) new silver Proof coins with a stained glass insert to mark an extraordinary anniversary. This year, 2020, is the 700th anniversary of the consecration of the Gothic St. Mary’s Basilica in Kraków, as the history of this historical church goes back to the 1220s. According to […]
Poland: New commemorative gold and silver coins remember the centenary anniversary of the birth of Saint John Paul II
The National Bank of Poland has issued (14th May) new gold and silver collector coins which are in observance of the centenary anniversary of the birth of Saint John Paul II. Remembered as the first-ever Polish Pontiff of the Holy See, John Paul II was the charismatic personality, who, for many in his homeland, hastened […]
Poland: New gold coin marks repatriation of gold reserves onto Polish soil
The National Bank of Poland has released (18th December) new gold collector coins which highlight the National Bank’s repatriation of their pre-war gold reserves back onto Polish soil. Stored in the vaults of the Bank of England since the end of the Second World War, the government of the day feared soldiers of the invading […]
Poland: 140th anniversary of the founding of Krakow’s National Museum remembered on new silver Proof coin
The National Bank of Poland has issued new silver Proof crown coins in celebration of Krakow’s National Museum, which was founded 140 years ago. Established in 1879, under a resolution of the Kraków City Council, it is now the oldest and the largest Polish museum, which is known as the National Museum. The initial collection […]
Poland: Commemorative banknote issued to honour centenary of first national currency
The National Bank of Poland has released new commemorative banknotes which remember the country’s first currency issued just after the re-establishment of Polish independence following the conclusion of the First World War. It was the Treaty of Versailles that not only formally ended hostilities in Europe but also recognised, for the first time since 1795, […]
Poland: Decisive battle ensuring Polish sovereignty remembered on new silver Proof coins
The National Bank of Poland has issued (21st March) new collector coins which remember the centenary anniversary of a particular battle that would help make permanent Polish statehood a reality after the Great War. As the Polish State emerged from the ruins of three defeated and collapsed empires: German, Austro-Hungarian, and Russian, further fighting with Soviet Bolsheviks […]
Poland: Exquisite gold and silver coins issued in ongoing Historical Kings series, featuring Sigismund II Augustus
The National Bank of Poland have issued (7th December) two new coins in their ongoing and popular coin series entitled “The Treasures of Stanislaw August” which highlights the succeeding monarchs of the Polish state from the year 992 and the reign of King Bolesław Chrobry to the last Polish King Stanisław August Poniatowski, whose reign […]
Poland: Precursor to independence, National Committee, is celebrated on new silver coin
The National Bank of Poland have issued (15th November) a new coin which remembers the auspicious day when the establishment of Poland’s National Committee. The famed legislative body undertook the arrangements of the re-establishment of Polish independence after more than 146 years of partition. With the precarious state of politics becoming more evident between the […]
Poland: Founding member of National Committee, Roman Dmowski, featured on new gold and silver coins
The National Bank of Poland have issued (8th November) two new coins which were minted in remembrance of Poland’s momentous day in November 1917 when an independent Polish state was on the road to being recognised after more than 146 years of living under the yoke of various European empires and kingdoms. Statesman Roman Dmowski […]
