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2 Zlotys Józef Piłsudski
| Issuer | Poland |
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| Year | 1934-1936 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device features the Polish state eagle — a crowned, displayed white eagle with wings spread and talons extended — set against a radiant sunburst field of incuse rays emanating from behind the bird. The circular legend RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA arcs around the upper periphery in Latin script. Below the eagle, the date and denomination are inscribed in the lower field, flanked on each side by the numeral 2, with the inscription 2 ZŁOTE centered beneath the date. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Piłsudski died in May 1935, and Poland's mint moved quickly — this series spans his final year alive and the year immediately following his death, making the later strikes effectively memorial issues produced under a government his own political movement had captured through the 1926 coup. The sanacja regime that controlled Poland by the mid-1930s had every reason to accelerate and expand coinage bearing his likeness.
The .750 silver fineness was a deliberate post-stabilization choice, reflecting the 1924 monetary reform that pegged the złoty to gold and set new alloy standards across the denominations.