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1000 Zlotys Papacy, Gold Bullion
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Reference(s) | Y#174, ParM#340, Fischer Po#KZ011 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a three-quarter facing bust of Pope John Paul II in prayer, wearing pontifical vestments and a zucchetto, his hands clasped together before his face in a devotional gesture. The portrait is rendered with fine detail against a polished field, occupying the majority of the die area. The legend JAN PAWEŁ II arcs along the upper left periphery, while X LAT PONTYFIKATU (Ten Years of Pontificate) curves along the right and lower right rim, commemorating the tenth anniversary of his papacy. The engraver's initial E, attributable to Ewa Tyc-Karpińska, appears discreetly at the lower left of the design. |
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| Mint | (MW) Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska), Warsaw, Poland (1766-date) |
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Issued during the pontificate of John Paul II — the Polish-born pope whose 1979 return visit to his homeland drew crowds estimated at ten million and visibly accelerated the Solidarity movement — this coin occupied a peculiar position: state-sanctioned gold bearing the likeness of a man the communist government considered a direct political threat. The National Bank of Poland produced several papal issues through the 1980s, a calculated hard-currency play that required the regime to mint propaganda for its own opposition.