Well, I think you’ve read about the Polish złoty in general, now I can pass to the commemorative coins. And here we go:

People’s Republic of Poland

I’ll show you all the commemorative coins of the PRL(People’s Republic of Poland). We start from 1964 – when those were launched, and finish by 1990, when the ~~People’s~~ Republic of Poland(Rzeczpospolita Polska ~~Ludowa~~) was proclaimed:

Year 1964 Aldo Domini:

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Year 1965:

Nike

Sigismund’s Column

Year 1966

1,000 Years of Poland

Sigismund’s Column(small)

Year 1967

Karol Świerczewski

Maria Skłodowska-Curie

Year 1968

25 Years of Armia Ludowa

Year 1969

25 years of the PRL

Year 1970

Byliśmy, Jesteśmy, Będziemy!

Year 1971

FAO

50 years of the Silesian Uprising

1972

50 years of Gdynia sea port

Chopin

Year 1974

Comecon

Kopernik

Curie

30 years of the PRL

Year 1975

International Day of Women

Royal Palace, WAW

Helena Modrzejewska

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

30 years of victory over fascism

Year 1976

Kościuszko

Pułaski

Kościuszko in gold

Pułaski in gold

XXI Olymic Games

1977

European bison

Władysław Reymont

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Wawel Castle, KRK

Chopin in Gold

Year 1978

Maria Konopnicka

The first Polish in space

Moose

Adam Mickiewicz

Janusz Korczak

Beaver

Year 1979

Henryk Wieniawski

Ludwik Zamenhof

Lynx

Mountain goat

Mieszko I

International Child Year

Mieszko I(cheap)

Mieszko I(expensive)

Kopernik

Curie

Year 1980

XXII Summer Olympics

„Dar Pomorza”

Bolesław I the Brave

Casimir I the Restorer

XXII Olympic Games

Jan Kochanowski

Western capercaille

XIII Winter Olympics – Lake Placid(without the Olympic Fire)

XIII Winter Olympics – Lake Placid(with the Olympic Fire)

Bolesław I the Brave

Kazimierz I the Restorer

Bolesław I the Brave

Lake Placid

Kazimierz I the Restorer

Year 1981 AD(Jaruzelski in rage)

Bolesław II the Generous

Władysław I Herman

Władysław Sikorski

16 OCT – International Food Day

Again Władysław Sikorski – in silver

Horse

Bolesław II the Generous

Władysław I Herman

Bolesław II the Generous(again???) now in gold

Władysław I Herman

Year 1982

Bolesław III the Wrymouth

Stork

Jan Paweł II

Football World Cup v. 1.9.8.2

Bolesław III the Wrymouth

JPII (more expensive)

JPII(even more expensive), releases 1982-3

JPII(again??!!) now in gold

Again??!!

WTF??? Aargh!!!

It is Papistmania!!! I thought communists were non-religious, were they?

Year 1983

John III Sobieski

Ignacy Łukasiewicz

150 years of the Great Theatre(WAW)

Bear

John III Sobieski

Year 1984

Wincenty Witos

40 years of the PRL

L.A. Olympics v. 1.9.8.4.2

Sarajewo, YU, Olmpics v. 1.9.8.4.1

Swan

Year 1985

Przemysław II

Again that Przemysław

Squirrel

Year 1986 AD

Władysław I Łokietek

Again him

Football FIFA World Cup v. 1.9.8.6

Owl

JP II again……..

Year 1987

Casimir III the Great

Again…

Olympics v. 1.9.8.8.1(Calgary, AB)

Olympics v. 1.9.8.8.2(Seoul, SKR)

1988 UEFA Football Cup

JPII(no comments)

JPII

Year 1988 – inflation released into wild

Queen Jadwiga

70 years of the Greater Poland uprising

Jadwiga

1990 FIFA World Cup

John Paul II bash(cross)

John Paul II – 10 years of pontificate

Now in gold

Year 1989 – Roaring Hundreds – entering to Furious Thousands

Władysław II Jagiełło

50 years of the WWII

Save the historical sights of Toruń

Toruń and Mikołaj Kopernik

Westerplatte

Władysław Jagiełło

JPII(GAAH!!!!!!!)

Well, as you see, we can make 2 conclusions:

The farther we went the less we saw communists
The farther we went the denominations became bigger(even though the 200000 zł you see of 1989 were worth something like 370 zł in today’s money, considering that each 200000 zł coin contained 373(!) g of pure gold). Stranger still, when I see the price 2090 zł on one website, I immediately understand it would be better to make a gold bullion out of that coin, because, as you know, one oz of gold costs $1350, and each coin contains 12.2 oz. That means that the value in gold today will be $16470, or 64150 zł, which is a huge 62060 zł difference!
The farther we went the more we saw coins
Poles are obsessed with John Paul II(JPII)

Poland in democracy(Rzeczpospolita Polska Ludowa)

Leszek Balcerowicz started painful reforms that introduced Polish inflation from the Roaring Hundreds into Furious Thousands. Not for long, however. In 1992 the Roaring Hundreds dissappeared, and already in 1994 inflation was calmly creeping under the Breezy Tens. The tendency stayed until 2014(Calm Ones) before entering the deflation zone(Still Minuses), in which Poland is today. And there are two periods: before 1995 and after 1995

Beforey the redenomination(1995)

On 29 Dec 1989 the Sejm started making a mess with the Constitution, making PRL only RP. As in Ukraine, where the politics had nothing to do but to wipe out Communism, the złoty was raging. As you’ll later see, the coins issued in cupronickel were worth 20,000 zł, or 2 PLN. Numismats saw denominations as high as 300,000 zł, while the older coins were rendered worthless.

So here they are, the hyperinflation coins:

Year 1990(Furious Thousands making a f*** up in Poland)

Solidarność – the trade union movement

Józef Piłsudski

Tadeusz Kościuszko

Chopin’s Monument in Warsaw

Stefan Rowecki „Grot”

Tadeusz Komorowski „Bór”

SOLIDARNOŚĆ!

Common reverse(types A and C) Common averse(types A,D and the thick one)

Type B and the thick one Types B and C

Type D

Golden SOLIDARNOŚĆ!(As type B)

50,000 zł

Golden – Tadeusz Kościuszko – extremely rare

I wonder how did they manage to put 6 zeros in the coin:(. Poor people… Everybody was a millionaire, but it wasn’t extraordinary. As in Zimbabwe – „starving Billionaire”

Józef Piłsudski

Fryderyk Chopin

Year 1991 AD. Soviets fall. Inflation wind calms down

Narvik

Henryk Dobrzański „Hubal”

Battle of Britain

Tobruk

Olympic Games v. 1.9.9.2.1(Albertville)

Olympic Games v. 1.9.9.2.2(Barcelona)

General Michał Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz

70 years of the International Poznań fairs

Leopold Okulicki

Ustawa Rządowa(3rd May 1791 Constitution)

225 years of the Warsaw Mint – first bimetallic coin ever in Poland

Year 1992 A.D.

Władysław III Warneńczyk

200 years of Virtuti Militari – first non-circular coin in Poland, „strange” for non-British

Wojciech Korfanty

Seville Expo

500 years of the New World discovery

Stanisław Staszic(non 50K-zł)

Convoys

Władysław III Warneńczyk

Year 1993

Łańcut castle

Swallows

Casimir IV Jagiellończyk

Olympic Games v. 1.9.9.4

Resistance coin

Kazimierz IV Jagiellończyk

750 years of Szczecin city rights

Lillehammer

Zamość – the UNESCO World Heritage site from air

50 years of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Łańcut castle(Castles and Palaces of Poland)

Swallows

Year 1994 A.D. Inflation breeze calms down

75 years of the Związek Inwalidów Wojennych

Monte Cassino

Sigismund I the Old

New building of the mint opening

200 years of the Kościuszko insurrection

FIFA World Cup in USA

50 years of the Warsaw uprising

75 years of the Polish Związek Inwalidów Wojennych

Polish Soldier in WWII – Monte Cassino

Sigismund I the Old

200 years of the Kościuszko uprising

Maksymilian Kolbe

50 years of the Warsaw Uprising

70 years of the bank Polski rebirth

PLZN!!!

At least we have the denomination, so that a sum like 3,5 bln zł didn’t sound like – ah, that is so little! And we have more and more coins – just here.

These are divided into several series. I’ll show them. Each separately.

Castles and Palaces of Poland

Castle in Łańcut(see 1993)

Royal Palace in Łazienki(1995)

Lidzbark Warmiński Castle(1996)

Pieskowa Skała castle(1997)

Kórnik Castle(1998)

Radzyń Podlaski Palace(1999)

Wilanów Palace(2000)

[Endangered]Animals of the World

Voivoderships

Now to the Voivoderships. You know that Poland has 16 voivoderships(Zachodniopomorskie, Pomorskie, Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Podlaskie, Lubelskie, Podkarpackie, Małopolskie, Śląskie, Opolskie, Dolnośląskie, Lubuskie(not Lubelskie), Wielkopolskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Mazowieckie, Łódzkie and Świętokrzyskie). In 2004-5 the NBP wasn’t lazy in commemorating the new administrative division.

Here you are:

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