Poland: 1949-1989

I have only one Polish coin in my collection. I picked it up in Germany in 1959. A 1934 5-Zloytch silver.

 

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A little older than 1949 (note that the eagle on your coin has a crown) but that is a great design.

Christian

 

20 zlotych 1973, copper-nickel, weight - 10,15 g., size - 29 mm, thickness - 1,95 mm, mintage - 25000000 pcs. Warsaw Mint. Coins of this type were released at 1973-74 and 1976.

 

20 zlotych 1974, copper-nickel, weight - 10,15 g., size - 28,8 mm, thickness - 2,11 mm, mintage - 2000000 pcs. "25th Anniversary of Comecon". Warsaw Mint. Single release only.

 

20 zlotych 1975, copper-nickel, weight - 10,15 g., size - 28,8 mm, thickness - 2,11 mm, mintage - 2000000 pcs. "International Women's Year". Warsaw Mint. Single release only.

 

20 zlotych 1976, copper-nickel, weight - 10,15 g., size - 28,8 mm, thickness - 2,11 mm, mintage - 30000000 pcs. "Life of Marceli Nowotko". Warsaw Mint. Coins of this type were released at 1974-77 and 1983.

 

20 zlotych 1978, copper-nickel, weight - 10,1 g., size - 28,8 mm, thickness - 2,1 mm, mintage - 2010000 pcs. "Maria Konopnicka". Warsaw Mint. Single release only.

 

20 zlotych 1979, copper-nickel, weight - 10,15 g., size - 28,8 mm, thickness - 2,05 mm, mintage - 2007000 pcs. "International Year of the Child". Warsaw Mint. Single release only.

 

20 zlotych 1980, copper-nickel, weight - 10,15 g., size - 28,8 mm, thickness - 2,05 mm, mintage - 2012000 pcs. "1980 Olympics". Warsaw Mint. Single release only.

 

20 zlotych 1984, copper-nickel, weight - 8,68 g., size - 26,5 mm, thickness - 2,11 mm, mintage - 12703000 pcs. Warsaw Mint. Coins of this type were released at 1984-88.

 

That design left me clueless when I first saw it. Thought of pants and a zipper, hehe. Later I learned that it is cereal ears in front of a tall building.

That coin was also minted in Kremnica. According to my catalog, the Warsaw mint made the 1976 pieces. I like that "ring" around the eagle ...

Christian

 

Interesting that this coins shows two maps so to say. You see the Gdynia-
Gdańsk Bay and the Hel peninsula on one side. And the somewhat strange way the country name and year are placed around the eagle, that was obviously inspired by the shape or map of Poland.

Christian

 

100 zlotych 1988, copper-nickel, weight - 10,8 g, size - 29 mm, thickness - 2,1 mm, mintage - 2513000 pcs. Warsaw Mint. "70th Anniversary of Greater Poland Uprising". Single release only.

 

I really like this coin design. Reminds me of the Latvian 5 Lati coin -But this design is much better. Awesome!

 

POLAND COINS IN MY COLLECTION ARE LISTED HERE : http://giladzuckerman.webs.com/mercuguinness.html#POLAND

 

10 zlotych 1968, copper-nickel, weight - 9,5 g., size - 28 mm, thickness - 2 mm, mintage - 2000000 pcs. "25th Anniversary - People's Army". Warsaw Mint. Single release.

 

5 groszy 1949, aluminium, weight - 1 g., size - 20 mm, thickness - 1,5 mm, mintage - 200000000 pcs. Minted in Kremnica (Slovakia). Single release. Demonetized at January 1 1995.

 

20 groszy 1949, copper-nickel, weight - 3 g., size - 20 mm, mintage - 133383000 pcs. Minted in Kremnica (Slovakia). Single release. Demonetized at January 1 1995.

 

1 zlote 1949, copper-nickel, weight - 7 g., size - 25 mm, mintage - 87053000 pcs. Minted in Kremnica (Slovakia). Single release. Demonetized at January 1 1995.

 

I have a few Polish coins of my own. My father's parents were born in Poland and migrated to New York. Among the documents I keep with my paper money is my grandfathers United States certificate of citizenship issued on February 26th, 1935 and my grandmother's Certificate Of Lawful Entry that shows that she arrived in New York on March 30, 1907 at the age of 22. My maternal grandmother was also born in Poland.

My forum name is a play on my real last name that ends with "zycki".

In 1976 I traveled with my parents to Warsaw and Kraków.

I brought home quite a few coins from that trip. I think I actually purchased these from a shop at the hotel in Warsaw. I will take photos of some of the circulation coins and post them later.