100 złotych POLAND (1987) Kazimierz Wielki

100 złotych 1987 Casimir the Great - Polish coins (PRL)

100 złotych 1987 Casimir the Great - Coins of Poland

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

obverse:

eagle - Coat of Arms divides the year of issue: 1987; below it face value: ZŁ 100 ZŁ (ZŁOTYCH); along the top edge: POLSKA RZECZPOSPOLITA LUDOWA (People's Republic of Poland)

reverse:

bust of King of Poland facing slightly left; along the left edge in two lines: KAZIMIERZ III / WIELKI; along the right edge: 1333-1370

edge:

reeded

issue date:

8 XII 1987

withdrawal date:

1 I 1995

designer:

Ewa Tyc-Karpińska

mint:

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

mintage:

1987

2 479 200

interesting facts:

Kazimierz III Wielki (1310-1370) - King of Poland in period 1333-1370, the last ruler of Poland from Piast dynasty. He had four wives one after another, but none of them gave him a legal son, who could be the heir to the throne.

Imaginary portrait of Kazimierz Wielki by painter Jan Matejko.

Casimir III the Great

last update: 25 I 2013

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