10 000 złotych POLAND (1991) Constitution of 3rd May 1791

10000 złotych 1991 Constitution of 3rd May 1791 - Polish coins

10000 złotych 1991 Constitution of 3rd May 1791 - Coins of Poland

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
29.5 mm	10.8 g	2.15 mm	FeNi

obverse:

crowned eagle - Coat of Arms divides the year of issue: 1991; along the top edge: ♦ RZECZPOSPOLITA ♦ POLSKA ♦; (Republic of Poland); along the bottom edge face value: ZŁ 10000 ZŁ (ZŁOTYCH)

reverse:

in the centre in two lines inscription: USTAWA RZĄDOWA / 3 MAJA 1791 (Government Act May 3, 1791), above eagle - Coat of Arms as it looked like in 1791; below monogram: SAR of contemporary King of Poland (Latin: Stanislaus Augustus Rex), all this surrounded by a ring of pearls; along the top edge: 200 ROCZNICA (200th anniversary); along the bottom edge: KONSTYTUCJI 3 MAJA (of May 3rd Constitution)

edge:

reeded

issue date:

2 V 1991

withdrawal date:

1 I 1995

designer:

Stanisława Wątróbska-Frindt, Ewa Tyc-Karpińska

mint:

Mennica Państwowa (The State Mint), Warsaw (mint mark on the obverse under eagle's left foot)

mintage:

1991

2 604 601

interesting facts:

Constitution of May 3rd, 1791 was a written set of laws believed to be one of the first modern constitutions in the world.

Title page of the document.

last update: 19 I 2013

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