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10 Zlotys Kłuszyn 1610
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) (a shiny fragment of a matt relief) |
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| Obverse description | At center, a bust-length effigy of a Polish nobleman or military commander in three-quarter view, wearing a fur-trimmed cloak and a flat cap, rendered in high matt relief against a polished field. To the left, the crowned Polish eagle appears in the lower field alongside the mint mark, with a procession of armored infantry soldiers carrying weapons depicted in lower relief in the background. To the right, additional battle scene elements are rendered in shallow relief. The denomination '10 ZŁ' appears to the lower right, with the legend 'RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA' and the date '2010' inscribed along the lower arc of the oval. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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The Battle of Klushino in July 1610 was one of the most lopsided cavalry victories in European history — roughly 6,800 Polish-Lithuanian forces under Stanisław Żółkiewski routed a Russian and Swedish army nearly four times their size, opening the road to Moscow. Within weeks, Polish troops occupied the Kremlin, and Władysław IV was briefly offered the Russian throne. That the Romanov dynasty eventually consolidated power instead is one of the more consequential reversals in early modern European geopolitics.
The rectangular format with embedded shiny fragment is characteristic of Poland's commemorative collector issues from this period, produced by the Mennica Polska mint in Warsaw.