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2 Zlotys Szwoleżer Gwardii Cesarza Napoleona I
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Currency | Fourth Zloty (1995-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a mounted Polish chevau-léger of the Imperial Guard of Napoleon I in dynamic combat pose, shown in three-quarter view charging to the left on a galloping horse with its mane and tail flowing. The rider wears the distinctive uniform of the regiment — czapka helmet, dolman jacket, and pelisse — and raises a straight cavalry sword aloft in his right hand. Stylised crossed sabres and regimental accoutrements are depicted in the background field to the right, rendered in a flat, graphic engraving style. The curved legend 'SZWOLEŻER GWARDII CESARZA' arcs along the upper rim, with 'NAPOLEONA I' inscribed along the lower rim, completing the regimental designation. |
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This piece belongs to Poland's long-running Nordic Gold 2 Złote collector series, which the NBP has issued since 1995 to commemorate historical and cultural subjects inaccessible to everyday circulation coinage. The subject here — the Chevau-légers de la Garde Impériale — was a Polish light cavalry regiment raised in 1807 from among Napoleon's most ardent supporters in the newly established Duchy of Warsaw. Their charge at Somosierra in November 1808, where three successive squadrons broke a Spanish artillery position defending the mountain pass into Madrid, became one of the most celebrated — and debated — cavalry actions of the Napoleonic Wars.
Napoleon reportedly watched the charge himself and ordered it personally, against the advice of his staff.