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10 000 Zlotys Papacy, Gold Bullion
| Issuer | Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska) |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | A bold, stylised profile bust of Pope John Paul II faces right, depicted in papal vestments including a mozetta and stole, rendered against a finely engine-turned guilloche background. A strong vertical line divides the field, with the left segment rendered as a polished dark mirror surface bearing the vertical inscription JAN PAWEŁ II in raised Latin letters. The overall composition is modern and graphic in artistic treatment, emphasising the contrast between matte relief and reflective surfaces. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Poland issued this coin in 1989, the same year the communist government negotiated its own dissolution at the Round Table Agreements and Solidarity swept the partially free parliamentary elections in June. A gold papal issue from Warsaw in that specific year carries an unmistakable political charge — the Catholic Church had functioned throughout the 1980s as the principal institutional counterweight to the PZPR, and John Paul II's 1979 visit to Poland is widely credited with galvanizing the Solidarity movement that ultimately broke the regime.
The Mint of Poland was still a state enterprise in 1989, making this one of the last papal gold issues produced under communist administration.