Narodowy Bank Polski

50 Zlotys – Poland

Non-circulating coins

Commemoration: Henryk Walezy (Henry Valois)

Series: Treasures of King Stanislaw August

Context

Year: 2018

Issuer: Poland

Period:

(since 1989)

Currency:

(since 1995)

Total mintage: 5,500

Material

Diameter: 45 mm

Weight: 62.2 g

Silver weight: 62.14 g

Shape: Round

Composition: 99.9% Silver

Magnetic: No

Technique: Milled

Alignment: Medal alignment

References

Y: #1020

Numista: #112286

Value

Exchange value: 50 PLN = $14.16

Bullion value: $170.61

Inflation-adjusted value: 76.72 PLN

Obverse

Inscription:

RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA · 50 ZŁ

20 18

mw

HENRICI II. FRANCORUM REGIS TERTIOGENITUS, ELECT: A · D · 1573. CORON: A · D · 1574. D. 21. FERB: VIX COMPLETIS IN POLONIA QUINQUE MENSIBUS, ABIIT IN GALLIAM AD CAPESSENDUM ILLUD REGNUM, MORTE CAROLI IX · FRATRIS ORBATUM, TRUCIDATUS A · D · 1589 · A ETAT:

Translation:

RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA · 50 ZŁ
(REPUBLIC OF POLAND · 50 ZŁOTYCH)

20 18
(20 18)

mw
(mintmark: mw)

HENRICI II. FRANCORUM REGIS TERTIOGENITUS, ELECT: A · D · 1573. CORON: A · D · 1574. D. 21. FERB: VIX COMPLETIS IN POLONIA QUINQUE MENSIBUS, ABIIT IN GALLIAM AD CAPESSENDUM ILLUD REGNUM, MORTE CAROLI IX · FRATRIS ORBATUM, TRUCIDATUS A · D · 1589 · A ETAT:
(The third-born son of Henry II, King of the French, elected in the year of the Lord 1573, crowned in the year of the Lord 1574, on the 21st day of February; having scarcely completed five months in Poland, he departed for Gaul to take up that kingdom, bereaved by the death of his brother Charles IX, slain in the year of the Lord 1589, at the age of...

Script: Latin

Languages: Latin, Polish

Designer: Robert Kotowicz