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10 Zlotys Cichociemni
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland (Narodowy Bank Polski) |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Currency | Fourth Zloty (1995-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | An eagle with spread wings clutches a wreath encircling the 'Polska Walcząca' (Fighting Poland) anchor symbol, which also served as the emblem of the Cichociemni paratroopers. The background field is populated with 316 stylized bird silhouettes, commemorating the 316 Cichociemni operatives dropped over German-occupied Poland during World War II. The upper arc of the legend reads '75. ROCZNICA PIERWSZEGO ZRZUTU CICHOCIEMNYCH', referencing the 75th anniversary of the first paratrooper drop. The overall composition is executed in a bold, graphic relief style consistent with contemporary Polish commemorative coinage. |
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The Cichociemni — literally "the silent and unseen" — were a corps of Polish special operations soldiers trained in Britain and parachuted into occupied Poland between 1941 and 1944. Of the 2,413 candidates selected for training, only 316 completed the full program and made the drop. Their missions ranged from sabotage and intelligence gathering to organizing armed resistance, and their operational security was so tight that many of their actions remained classified by British intelligence well into the postwar decades.
Poland's communist authorities suppressed acknowledgment of the Cichociemni for decades, since most were loyal to the London government-in-exile rather than to Moscow. Formal state recognition came only after 1989.