50 000 złotych POLAND (1988) Jozef Pilsudski

eagle - Coat of Arms divides the year of issue: 1988; along the top edge: • POLSKA • RZECZPOSPOLITA • LUDOWA • (People's Republic of Poland); along the bottom edge face value: ZŁ 50000 ZŁ (ZŁOTYCH)

head of the Marshall facing left; along the top edge: 70 ROCZNICA ODZYSKANIA NIEPODLEGŁOŚCI (70th anniversary of regaining independence); along the bottom edge: JÓZEF PIŁSUDSKI

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25 X 1988

1 I 1995

Stanisława Wątróbska-Frindt, Bogdan Chmielewski (initials BCH on the reverse after PIŁSUDSKI)

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

1988

1 000 000

Jozef Klemens Pilsudski (1867-1935) - Polish independence activist, military leader, politician. During World War I he created Polish Legions fighting against Russia. He rejected incorporating the units into German army and was therefore imprisoned. Releasing Pilsudski from prison and coming back to Poland was a huge event in a puppet Kingdom of Poland. Already the next day on November 11, 1918 the Regency Council appointed him the Commander-in-Chief of Polish army. This day marks the Polish Day of Regaining Independence. Pilsudski was the Chief of State between 1918 and 1922, the First Marschal since 1920; twice the Prime Minister of Poland (1926–1928 and in 1930).