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100 Zlotys Casimir III the Great
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland (Narodowy Bank Polski) |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Currency | Fourth Zloty (1995-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bust-length effigy of Casimir III the Great, King of Poland, facing slightly to the left, depicted wearing a richly ornamented crown and a royal mantle with decorative embroidery visible at the shoulder. The king is portrayed with a full beard and a solemn, dignified expression, rendered in fine relief. The legend KAZIMIERZ III WIELKI arcs along the left side of the field, while the regnal dates 1333 – 1370 are inscribed along the upper right periphery. |
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Casimir III — the only Polish king history awarded the epithet "Great" — died in 1370 after a hunting accident, leaving no legitimate male heir and ending the Piast dynasty after over four centuries. His reign transformed Poland's legal and administrative infrastructure so fundamentally that contemporaries said he "found a Poland of wood and left one of stone." This issue was struck as part of NBP's long-running royal portrait series, which began in the 1980s and has systematically worked through the Polish monarchy.
The .900 fine gold specification places it outside standard bullion parameters — clearly a collector issue from the outset, with no pretense of circulation.