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100 Zlotys Ladislaus III Jagiellon
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | A three-quarter facing portrait bust of Władysław III Warneńczyk, King of Poland (1434–1444), depicted in medieval royal attire with a decorative brooch or clasp at the chest and shoulder-length hair. The legend 'WŁADYSŁAW III' arcs along the upper left periphery and 'WARNEŃCZYK' along the upper right, forming a continuous inscription around the upper field. The regnal years '1434' and '1444' are inscribed in two lines to the left of the portrait, denoting the beginning and end of his reign. The engraver's mark appears in the lower right field. The portrait is executed in a refined, medallic relief style consistent with Polish commemorative gold coinage of the period. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Władysław III died at Varna in 1444, aged twenty, leading a crusading force against the Ottomans in a battle that ended in rout and his own death — his body was never recovered. The Ottomans allegedly mounted his head on a pike at the battlefield, though some Polish sources refused to accept he had died at all, spawning decades of pretender legends.
This issue belongs to Poland's long-running royal portrait series, which the NBP used to rehabilitate figures whose reputations had been suppressed or distorted under communist historiography.