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10 Zlotys Jan III Sobieski
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland (Narodowy Bank Polski) |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Value | 10 Zlotys (10 Złotych) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 2001 MW - Proof - 17,000 |
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Jan III Sobieski is best remembered for commanding the relief force at the Battle of Vienna in September 1683, where a combined Christian army broke the Ottoman siege — the last serious Ottoman push into central Europe. Poland's role in that battle was decisive, yet within a generation the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth had entered the long decline that would end in partition. This coin was issued well after that historical reckoning, during a period when NBP was actively building a collector series around figures central to Polish national identity.