20 złotych POLAND (1974-1983) Marceli Nowotko

20 złotych 1974-1983 Marceli Nowotko - Polish coins (PRL)

20 złotych 1974-1983 Marceli Nowotko - Coins of Poland

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
29.0 mm	10.15 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 20 ZŁ (ZŁOTYCH)

reverse:

bust of Nowotko facing slightly left; along the top edge: • MARCELI NOWOTKO •; along the bottom edge: 1893 • 1942

edge:

reeded

issue date:

29 III 1974

withdrawal date:

1 I 1995

designer:

Stanisława Wątróbska-Frindt

mint:

Mennica Państwowa (The State Mint), Warsaw (mint mark on the obverse under eagle's left foot in years 1974-1983);

Mincovňa Kremnica (Kremnica Mint), Kremnica, Czechoslovakia in years 1975-1976 (no mint mark)

mintage:

1974	10 000 000	Warsaw
1975	10 000 000	Kremnica, no mint mark
1976	20 000 000	Kremnica, no mint mark
1976	30 000 000	Warsaw
1977	16 000 000	Warsaw
1983	152 000	Warsaw

varieties:

1974 - inscription on the obverse closer to the edge OR further from the edge

1975 - edge frame thin OR edge frame thicker

1976 - with mint mark (Warsaw) OR without mint mark (Kremnica)

Variety of coin with a face value: of 20 złotych from 1976

Variety of coin with a face value: of 20 złotych from 1976

1976 Kremnica - inscription on the obverse closer to the edge OR further from the edge

interesting facts:

Marceli Nowotko (1893-1942), Polish communist activist, the first leader of the Polish Worker's Party, which became in 1948 the Polish United Worker's Party - communistic party governing People's Republic of Poland.

last update: 18 II 2015

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