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2 Zlotys Artur Grottger
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland (Narodowy Bank Polski) |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 2 Zlotys (2 Złote) |
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| Reverse description | A facing portrait bust of the Polish Romantic painter and draughtsman Artur Grottger, depicted wearing a traditional Polish konfederatka cap and a high-collared coat, rendered in finely detailed relief. Flanking the effigy are symbolic elements alluding to his artistic legacy: a canvas or sketchbook to the left and a bundle of brushes or reeds to the right. The legend 'ARTUR' arcs along the left field and 'GROTTGER' runs along the lower portion of the coin, with his birth and death years '1837–1867' inscribed to the lower right. |
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| Edge | Lettered, with 'NBP' repeated in alternating orientation |
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Grottger died of tuberculosis in 1867 at thirty years old, leaving behind a body of work almost entirely devoted to the January Uprising of 1863 — a rebellion he was too ill to fight in himself. The Polish collector coin series honoring national artists has run for decades, and Grottger's inclusion reflects how central his cycle drawings remain to the visual memory of 19th-century resistance.