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20 Zlotys International Women's Year
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Engraver(s) | Anna Jarnuszkiewicz |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1975 MW - - 2,000,000 |
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Issued to mark the United Nations' International Women's Year, this coin was part of a broader wave of commemorative coinage produced by socialist states eager to align themselves publicly with UN-sponsored initiatives — Poland's People's Republic among the most prolific. The series gave the National Bank of Poland a politically convenient outlet for hard-currency export sales to Western collectors while reinforcing domestic ideological messaging about women's roles in socialist society.
Copper-nickel commemoratives of this type were struck in comparatively modest numbers for circulation alongside larger collector mintages, though precise breakdowns between the two remain inconsistently documented for this issue.