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10 Zlotys Silesian Uprisings
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland) |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts three Silesian insurgents in full figure, clad in period military attire with caps and cartridge belts, one carrying a rifle over his shoulder, set against a stylized jagged outline evoking the disputed Silesian border region. The legend POWSTANIA ŚLĄSKIE curves along the left and right rims, reading around the periphery. The dates 1919, 1920, and 1921 — corresponding to the three successive Silesian Uprisings — are inscribed prominently within the field, with 1921 at the top and 1919 and 1920 in descending order to the right, commemorating the Polish armed insurrections against German rule in Upper Silesia. |
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The three Silesian Uprisings between 1919 and 1921 were armed Polish insurrections against German administration in Upper Silesia following the First World War, culminating in the third and most significant uprising in May 1921 — launched just weeks after a League of Nations plebiscite in which 59% of voters chose to remain with Germany. Despite losing the vote, the uprising ultimately succeeded in pressuring the League into partitioning the region, with the industrially critical eastern strip awarded to Poland in October 1921. The 2011 issue marks the 90th anniversary of that outcome.