Bust of King Sigismund Augustus in profile, facing left, from the “Gallery of Polish Kings and Princes” by Jan Matejko. To the left, the Coat of Arms of Poland. Above and below, inscriptions.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
2019
RZECZPOSPOLITA
POLSKA
mw
20 ZŁ
450.
rocznica
UNII
LUBELSKIEJ (Translation: Republic of Poland 450th anniversary of the Union of Lublin)
Reverse description
On the left, coat of arms of King Sigismund Augustus. In the centre, a quote from the documents of the Union Sejm in Lublin. On the right, part of the painting “The Union of Lublin” by Marcello Bacciarelli, depicting two knights holding banners of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
WOLNI
DO
WOLNYCH.
RÓWNI
DO
RÓWNYCH.
SM (Translation: The free to the free, the equal to equals)
Edge
Plain
Mint
(MW) Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska),Warsaw, Poland (1766-date)