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100 Zlotys Royal Castle in Warsaw Cu

Issuer Mennica Polska (Mint of Poland)
Year 1974
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Value 100 Zlotys (100 Złotych) (100 PLZ)
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Obverse script Latin
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The Royal Castle in Warsaw had been methodically demolished by the Nazi German occupation forces beginning in 1944 — a deliberate act of cultural annihilation following the Warsaw Uprising. By 1974, reconstruction was underway entirely through public donations rather than state funds, a politically awkward arrangement for a communist government ideologically opposed to the monarchy the castle represented. This coin was issued as part of that fundraising effort, making it one of the rare cases where a People's Republic of Poland issue directly subsidized the restoration of a royal residence.

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