50 groszy POLAND (from 1990)

in the centre crowned eagle - Coat of Arms; along the top edge: ♦ RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA ♦ (Republic of Poland); along the bottom edge year of issue

right from the centre face value: 50, below: GROSZY, along the left edge a semicircle of oak leaves

reeded

1 I 1995

circulating

Stanisława Wątróbska-Frindt, Ewa Tyc-Karpińska

Mennica Państwowa (The State Mint - the name until 1994);

Mennica Państwowa S.A. (The State Mint JSC - the name in years 1994-2005);

Mennica Polska S.A. (The Mint of Poland JSC - the name after 2005), Warsaw (mint mark on the obverse under eagle's left foot)

1990	29 152 000
1991	99 120 000
1992	116 000 000
1995	101 600 113
2008	13 000 000
2009	57 000 000
2010	12 000 000
2011	15 000 000
2012	12 000 000
2013	30 000 000
2014	28 400 000
2015	44 010 000
2016	28 980 000

2010, 2011 - a) thick lettering in GROSZY in the reverse and the reverse picture small like in earlier years or b) thin lettering in GROSZY and the reverse picture larger like in later years

The National Bank of Poland published mintage numbers of circulation coins only in January 2002, which was 12 years after minting the first coins and 7 years after putting them into circulation.