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10 Zlotys Tadeusz Kościuszko, large type
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1959-1966 |
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| Value | 10 Zlotys (10 Złotych) (10 PLZ) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a left-facing bust of Tadeusz Kościuszko, the Polish-American military commander and national hero, rendered in high relief with flowing hair and period costume featuring a cravat at the neck. The portrait is large and centrally placed, occupying the majority of the field in the manner typical of the large-type variant. The denomination 'ZŁ 10 ZŁ' is inscribed along the lower portion of the field, with the złoty abbreviation appearing on either side of the numeral. The field is otherwise plain, allowing the bold portrait to dominate the design. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This large-type 10 Złotych was issued during the period when the Polish People's Republic was consolidating its commemorative coinage program under NBP control, using Kościuszko's image with calculated political intent — an 18th-century hero of both Polish independence and the American Revolution was sufficiently nationalist to satisfy Polish public sentiment while presenting no ideological threat to Warsaw's Soviet-aligned government. The type was struck across nearly a decade, suggesting steady demand rather than a single commemorative occasion.
The "large type" distinction separates this from an earlier, dimensionally smaller issue in the same series — a cataloger's necessity rather than a collector's afterthought.