100 złotych POLAND (1988) Jadwiga

100 złotych 1988 Jadwiga - Polish coins (PRL)

100 złotych 1988 Jadwiga - 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: 1988; below it face value: ZŁ 100 ZŁ (ZŁOTYCH); along the top edge: POLSKA RZECZPOSPOLITA LUDOWA (People's Republic of Poland)

reverse:

Jadwiga - King of Poland en face; along the top edge: JADWIGA 1384 • 1399

edge:

reeded

issue date:

25 X 1988

withdrawal date:

1 I 1995

designer:

Ewa Tyc-Karpińska, Stanisława Wątróbska-Frindt (monogram on the reverse between Jadwiga's right arm and her sceptre)

mint:

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

mintage:

1988

2 469 000

interesting facts:

Jadwiga (1373[4]-1399) from the Capetian House of Anjou - King of Poland from 1384. In the age of ten she was crowned King of Poland (Latin Rex Poloniae), because contemporary Polish law forbid female to be heir to the throne.

Imaginary portrait of Jadwiga by painter Jan Matejko.

Jadwiga

last update: 25 I 2013

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