I wanted to share these coins that I got in the mail today. They're from Poland. I guess they're commemorative. I don't know the circumstances but I know Poland has made dozens of different coins like these in recent years, and these were some of my favorites. They're really pretty. Here are three military themed coins to begin with.
Did anyone else think that this thread was going to be about polishing a commem or asking if it was polished. polished meaning cleaning, not the country.
The thought never crossed my mind...... Very nice selection of coins Hiddendragon. I'm a nut on commem's (US) and it's nice to occasionally see some foreign items. I especially enjoyed looking at your last presented coin.
Are these 2 zl coins? If so then they are semi-commemorative, just like US state quarters. That's exactly what I thought when seeing the title, lol. =)
Thanks. Yeah, I thought a commemorative coin commemorating coins is pretty neat. They look better in person too because I guess there's some dirt on the scanner glass. The one that says "Grunwald" is neat because at the top, if you hold it at one angle it says "1410" and at another angle it says "2010."
You can have fun with the double meaning. My mom is Polish, and one time I saw her with (nail) polish remover, and I said, "Mom, I don't think you can remove the Polish with that."
And yes, they're all 2 zlotys. I didn't scan the other side since they're all the same, except they're from a few different years.
the polish 2 zloty is i think the most minted coin in the world, there are some really beautiful designs in the different series but the problem is that there are far far too many coins........
Errm, huh? Those 2 zł coins are Nordic Gold (kind of brass) pieces, and yours are not Polish. Yes, I have some of those Polish commems too. Problem is, they issue lots and lots of them. Guess that, if you collect coins from Poland only, it is possible to get them all, and maybe even the silver and gold pieces. (On many occasions the mint issues a 2 zł NG coin and, say, a 10 zł silver piece, or even more.) Another odd thing is that the regular 2 złote is a bimetallic piece while all these are not. Yes, the 2zł commems can be had at face, but I am not sure to what extent they actually circulate ... Christian
chrisild, Speaking of Polish coins i have wanted to buy this one and looking at list in Krause. Wow as you mentioned Poland issues a lot of commemoratives' these days. Source
The guy I bought these from specializes in coins from that area and he had a ton of them listed. I don't know how many different ones come out each year but there are dozens and dozens of different coins of this type. Even if they're not worth anything, I think they're nice, and that's why I collect coins anyway. Being half Polish myself, I wanted to collect more Polish coins. I'm not going all out right now, but I pick them up when I see them.
That is called a latent image; you can also find it on Spanish 500 ptas or Russian 10 ruble coins for example. Originally it was "only" a security feature, as latent images were (maybe still are) difficult to counterfeit. But it can also be used for design purposes. The technology has been developed further - you can now have more than two angles; that is called MultiView Minting. Don't know whether the Polish mint uses it, but they developed and use many other innovative "features". As for the Grunwald coin, the mint also issued this silver coin on the same occasion. Not available at face, and was never intended to circulate. Odd shape too but a cool design. Here are large images: (rev) http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety...runwald_Kluszyn_Grunwald_1410_10zl_rewers.jpg (obv) http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety...Grunwald_Kluszyn_Grunwald_1410_10zl_awers.jpg And these are two English language folders (PDF), one from Poland, one from Lithuania (where the battle was commemorated on coins as well): http://www.nbp.pl/en/banknoty/kolekcjonerskie/2010/grunwald_en.pdf http://www.lb.lt/brochure_zalgiris Christian
