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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1185411, member: 6229"]<p style="text-align: center"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><span style="color: darkorange">Polish Coins Honor Colonial American Settlement</span></font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">Way back in 1608 a group of about eight Polish craftsmen and artisans were part of the second party of European settlers to join the Jamestown settlement in Virginia. Their arrival occurred just two years after the founding of Jamestown as the first permanent English settlement in North America.</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">Included in the party were glass makers who built North America's first glass smelting furnace, allowing for the production of jars and windowpanes.</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">To mark the 400th anniversary of these early settlers, Poland issued a "Nordic Gold" (A brass alloy) <b><i>2 Zlote</i></b> plus a silver and glass <b><i>10 Zlotych</i></b>. The <b><i>10 Zlotych</i></b> has a glass center picturing a glass blower surrounded by a silver ring. Various images of the settlers and their craft are pictured on the silver ring. The silver ring has an antiqued finish.</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><b><u>2008 Brass 2 Zlote - World Coin Gallery photo:</u></b></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><b><u> </u></b></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><b><u> </u></b></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><b><u></u></b></font></font></font></font><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_wd.php?dir=img17&image=143-2z08l&desc=Polandy6592Zlote(2008)PolishSettlementinNorthAmerica&query=Polandsettlement" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_wd.php?dir=img17&image=143-2z08l&desc=Polandy6592Zlote(2008)PolishSettlementinNorthAmerica&query=Polandsettlement" rel="nofollow"><b><u><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_wd.php?dir=img17&image=143-2z08l&desc=Polandy6592Zlote(2008)PolishSettlementinNorthAmerica&query=Polandsettlement</span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></u></b></a></p><p><b><u><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></u></b></p><p><b><u><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></u></b></p><p><b><u><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">2008 Glass Center/Silver Ring (Antique Finish) 10 Zlotych - Joel's Coins photo:</font></font></font></font></u></b></p><p><b><u><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"></font></font></font></font></u></b><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"></font></font></font></font><a href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/poland10zamerbr.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/poland10zamerbr.jpg" rel="nofollow"><b><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.joelscoins.com/images/poland10zamerbr.jpg</span></font></span></font></u></b></a></p><p><b><font size="4"> </font></b></p><p><b><font size="4">Hope you enjoyed Poland's celebration coins honoring Jamestown.</font></b></p><p><b><font size="4"> </font></b></p><p><b><font size="4">Clinker</font></b></p><p><b><font size="4"></font></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1185411, member: 6229"][CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=darkorange]Polish Coins Honor Colonial American Settlement[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/CENTER] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]Way back in 1608 a group of about eight Polish craftsmen and artisans were part of the second party of European settlers to join the Jamestown settlement in Virginia. Their arrival occurred just two years after the founding of Jamestown as the first permanent English settlement in North America. Included in the party were glass makers who built North America's first glass smelting furnace, allowing for the production of jars and windowpanes. To mark the 400th anniversary of these early settlers, Poland issued a "Nordic Gold" (A brass alloy) [B][I]2 Zlote[/I][/B][I][/I] plus a silver and glass [B][I]10 Zlotych[/I][/B][I][/I]. The [B][I]10 Zlotych[/I][/B][I][/I] has a glass center picturing a glass blower surrounded by a silver ring. Various images of the settlers and their craft are pictured on the silver ring. The silver ring has an antiqued finish. [B][U]2008 Brass 2 Zlote - World Coin Gallery photo: [/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_wd.php?dir=img17&image=143-2z08l&desc=Polandy6592Zlote(2008)PolishSettlementinNorthAmerica&query=Polandsettlement"][B][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_wd.php?dir=img17&image=143-2z08l&desc=Polandy6592Zlote(2008)PolishSettlementinNorthAmerica&query=Polandsettlement[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/B][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][/color][/size][/font][/color][/size][/font][/color][/size][/font][/U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL] [B][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4] 2008 Glass Center/Silver Ring (Antique Finish) 10 Zlotych - Joel's Coins photo: [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/B][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][/size][/font][/size][/font][/U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][B][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/B][SIZE=4][/SIZE][URL="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/poland10zamerbr.jpg"][B][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.joelscoins.com/images/poland10zamerbr.jpg[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/B][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][/color][/size][/color][/size][/U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] [B][SIZE=4] Hope you enjoyed Poland's celebration coins honoring Jamestown. Clinker [/SIZE][/B][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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