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10 Zlotys Wojciech Korfanty
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 10 Zlotys (10 Złotych) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a boldly sculpted high-relief portrait of Wojciech Korfanty, the Polish politician and national activist, shown in three-quarter left-facing view with his characteristic moustache, rendered in a dramatic chiaroscuro style with strong contrasts between matte and polished surfaces. A diagonal band divides the field, with a dark mirror-like area at upper left bearing the vertical inscription STULECIE ODZYSKANIA PRZEZ POLSKĘ NIEPODLEGŁOŚĆ in small capitals. The name WOJCIECH KORFANTY is inscribed in large bold characters along the lower edge of the coin, serving as the primary identifying legend. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Korfanty remains a genuinely contested figure in Polish historiography. He organized and led the Third Silesian Uprising of 1921 — an armed insurrection against German control of Upper Silesia following a plebiscite result that had gone against Polish annexation — without formal authorization from Warsaw, which spent much of the uprising nervously distancing itself from him to avoid provoking Germany. The League of Nations ultimately partitioned Silesia in Poland's favor, a decision that owed more to Korfanty's military pressure than to the ballot.
He died in 1939, weeks after being released from Carthaus prison, where the Sanacja government had held him without trial.