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20 Zlotys Artur Grottger
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland) |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse description | Rectangular flan with rounded corners in proof finish. The central field depicts a raised relief scene inspired by Artur Grottger's cycle paintings, showing a group of insurgent soldiers in 19th-century attire advancing with a flag and arms, rendered in fine sculptural detail. In the lower right portion of the field, a circular inset bears the Polish state emblem — the crowned White Eagle — surrounded by the arc legend 'RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA' and the date '2010', with the denomination '20 ZŁ' inscribed below. The mint mark 'MW' appears within the legend arc. The composition evokes the patriotic Romantic imagery characteristic of Grottger's historical cycle works. |
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| Obverse lettering | 20ZŁ RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA 2010 mw |
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Grottger died of tuberculosis in 1867 at thirty years old, having spent much of his short career in Kraków and Vienna producing cycle drawings — Lithuania, Polonia, War, Mourning — that became the defining visual record of Polish suffering under the January Uprising of 1863. He never saw an independent Poland. The NBP issued this coin as part of its long-running series honoring Polish artists and intellectuals, a program that began in earnest after 1989 and has since covered figures across literature, science, and the fine arts.
The .925 standard used here matches the specification adopted across most of the NBP's collector silver output from the mid-2000s onward.