100 Zlotys Kazimierz Pułaski

Pułaski was killed at the Siege of Savannah in October 1779, struck by grapeshot while leading a cavalry charge — making him one of the few foreign officers to die in combat for American independence. Poland issued this coin in 1976 to coincide with the United States Bicentennial, a calculated piece of cultural diplomacy from a communist government eager to emphasize historical ties with the West while maintaining its Soviet alignment. The timing was deliberate: several other Polish-American heroes received similar treatment across the commemorative series that year.