10 złotych POLAND (1959-1965) Nicolaus Copernicus

10 złotych 1959-1965 Nicolaus Copernicus - Polish coins (PRL)

10 złotych 1959-1965 Nicolaus Copernicus - Coins of Poland

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
31.0 mm	12.9 g	2.15 mm	CuNi

obverse:

eagle - Coat of Arms divides the year of issue; along the top edge: • POLSKA RZECZPOSPOLITA LUDOWA • (People's Republic of Poland), along the bottom edge face value: ZŁ 10 ZŁ (ZŁOTYCH)

reverse:

bust of Polish astronomer facing slightly right; along the left edge: MIKOŁAJ, along the right edge: KOPERNIK; at the edge a ring of four cereal ears

edge:

reeded

issue date:

1 VII 1959

withdrawal date:

1 I 1995

designer:

Józef Gosławski (monogram JG over Copernicus' left shoulder on the reverse)

mint:

Mennica Państwowa (The State Mint), Warsaw (mint mark on the obverse under eagle's left foot in 1965)

mintage:

1959	12 558 855	no mint mark
1965	3 000 000

interesting facts:

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) - astronomer, mathematician, creator of heliocentric theory, which he published in a book titled De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of Celestial Spheres).

Banknotes with face value: 1000 PLZ from the time of People's Republic showing Nicolaus Copernicus.

Banknote with face value: 1000 złotych PRL

last update: 25 I 2013

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