Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
20 Zlotys Beatification of John Paul II
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | 38.61 mm |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Full-length figure of Pope John Paul II in profile facing right, vested in papal robes and mitre, striding forward against a dramatic background of radiating lines suggesting divine light. To the left, the crowned Polish eagle (state emblem) appears in the field, with the date 2011 above it and the denomination 20 ZŁ below. The circular legend RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA arcs along the upper rim, while the papal motto TOTUS TUUS is inscribed in stylised script along the lower field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | 2011 MW - Proof - 80,000 |
| Additional information |
Issued to mark the beatification ceremony held in Rome on May 1, 2011 — a date Benedict XVI chose deliberately, Divine Mercy Sunday, a feast John Paul II himself had introduced to the universal Church in 2000. The pad-printing technique applied to this coin was among the earlier uses of that process by the NBP, allowing photographic-quality color reproduction directly onto the struck surface rather than through enamel inlay.