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10 000 Zlotys Pope John Paul II
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The crowned White Eagle, national coat of arms of the Polish People's Republic, displayed with wings spread and head turned to the right, occupies the central field. The date 1987 is divided on either side of the eagle's body, with the mint mark MW visible below. The circular legend POLSKA · RZECZPOSPOLITA · LUDOWA runs along the upper periphery, while the denomination ZŁ 10000 ZŁ appears in large characters along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | POLSKA · RZECZPOSPOLITA · LUDOWA 19 87 mw · ZŁ 10000 ZŁ· |
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Issued the year before John Paul II's third pastoral visit to Poland, this coin arrived at a politically charged moment — Solidarity was still formally banned, the communist government was hemorrhaging legitimacy, and the Vatican's role in sustaining Polish civil resistance had become impossible to ignore. Narodowy Bank Polski issuing a coin honoring a sitting pope under a Marxist-Leninist state was, by any measure, an awkward transaction.
The .750 fineness is notably lower than the .925 used for most contemporary Polish commemorative silver, a cost-saving decision consistent with the foreign-currency pressures Poland faced through the 1980s debt crisis.