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10 Zlotys Half-length portrait of Sigismund II Augustus
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse description | The Polish state eagle — a crowned white eagle with wings displayed and talons extended — occupies the central field. The circular legend RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA arcs along the upper periphery, flanked by decorative dots. The date 1996 is divided on either side of the eagle at mid-field, with the denomination ZŁ 10 ZŁ inscribed below, also flanked by decorative dot ornaments. The mint engraver's mark appears beneath the eagle. |
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| Obverse lettering | RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA mw 1996 ZŁ 10 ZŁ |
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Sigismund II Augustus was the last Jagiellonian king, and his death in 1572 triggered the creation of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's elected monarchy — one of the more consequential constitutional pivots in early modern European history. Poland has returned to him repeatedly as a commemorative subject, in part because his reign coincided with the peak of Polish Renaissance culture and the 1569 Union of Lublin.
This issue is part of the NBP's ongoing Kings and Princes of Poland series, which began in the early 1990s as the country rebuilt its national institutions after communist rule.