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25 Zlotys Polskich - Nikolai I F H
| Issuer | Bank of Poland (Bank Polski) |
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| Year | 1828-1829 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bare bust of Tsar Alexander I facing right, rendered in high relief in the neoclassical style. The emperor's hair is styled in loose curls with a wreath of laurel leaves crowning the head. The circular legend surrounds the effigy, separated from the beaded border by a narrow flat rim. The date 1815, marking the establishment of the Kingdom of Poland, is incorporated into the legend at the top of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Bank Polski was established in 1828 by Tsar Nicholas I in his capacity as King of Poland, and this gold issue belongs to its inaugural emission — one of the few moments when the Congress Kingdom of Poland operated a nominally independent monetary institution. That autonomy was short-lived. After the November Uprising of 1830–1831, Nicholas dismantled Polish constitutional arrangements wholesale, and the Bank Polski was subordinated directly to St. Petersburg. Coins of this type were never again struck under Polish banking authority.
The F H initials in the name refer to Feliks Haguenauer, the Warsaw Mint engraver responsible for the dies.