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200 000 Zlotys Fryderyk Chopin
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Currency | Third Zloty (1949-1994) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a rendition of the celebrated Chopin Monument by sculptor Wacław Szymanowski, showing the composer seated and draped in flowing robes beneath a stylised wind-swept willow tree whose branches sweep dramatically to the right across the field. The figure leans contemplatively against the tree trunk, evoking the romanticism and poetic spirit of the composer. The monument is set upon a stepped pedestal rendered in low relief at the base of the design. The legend 'FRYDERYK CHOPIN' arcs along the upper periphery in widely spaced capital letters. |
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Issued in 1990, the year Poland formally shed its communist government and the National Bank moved quickly to assert a new cultural identity through its coinage program. Chopin had long served Polish national consciousness during partition and occupation, but this particular issue arrived at an inflection point — the złoty itself was in freefall, with hyperinflation running above 600% in 1990 alone. A gold coin denominated at 200,000 złotych was almost satirically precise about how far the currency had collapsed.
Mintage was extremely limited, as was typical of NBP gold issues of this transitional period, and most were sold directly to foreign collectors rather than entering domestic circulation.