The zloty's centenary being marked in 2019 traces back to the monetary reforms of 1924, when Władysław Grabski's government replaced the devastated Polish mark — rendered worthless by postwar hyperinflation — with a stabilized zloty pegged to gold. Grabski achieved this without foreign loans, an almost singular feat in interwar European monetary history.
The 2 Grosze denomination in sterling silver is a deliberate inversion: the actual circulating 2 Grosze piece is aluminum, worth virtually nothing. Striking it in .925 silver is the point.
The zloty's centenary being marked in 2019 traces back to the monetary reforms of 1924, when Władysław Grabski's government replaced the devastated Polish mark — rendered worthless by postwar hyperinflation — with a stabilized zloty pegged to gold. Grabski achieved this without foreign loans, an almost singular feat in interwar European monetary history.
The 2 Grosze denomination in sterling silver is a deliberate inversion: the actual circulating 2 Grosze piece is aluminum, worth virtually nothing. Striking it in .925 silver is the point.