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200 000 Zlotys Papacy, Gold Bullion
| Issuer | Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska) |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Stanisława Wątróbska-Frindt Reverse: Ewa Tyc-Karpińska |
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| Obverse lettering | · POLSKA RZECZPOSPOLITA LUDOWA · 19 88 mw ZŁ 200000 ZŁ |
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| Mintage | 1988 MW - Proof - 300 |
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Issued in 1988 under the final years of communist rule in Poland, this piece occupies an awkward political position: the state mint producing a large-format gold coin honoring John Paul II while the ruling PZPR was simultaneously trying to suppress the Catholic Church's growing alliance with Solidarity. Hard currency was desperately needed — Poland was carrying foreign debt exceeding $40 billion by the late 1980s — and bullion issues like this were effectively sold abroad to generate it.
Mintage figures for this type remain poorly documented, a persistent problem with late-PRL numismatic issues where production records were not consistently preserved or released.