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5 Zlotys Liberation Mound
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland (Narodowy Bank Polski) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Engraver(s) | Grzegorz Prolejko (GP) |
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| Reverse description | The central disc depicts a relief view of the Kościuszko Mound (Kopiec Wyzwolenia — Liberation Mound) in Kraków, shown in a three-quarter perspective highlighting its conical earthwork form. The engraver's initials GP appear in the lower right area of the field, and a latent image security feature is incorporated at the base of the design. The outer ring carries the bilingual-style legend KOPIEC WYZWOLENIA across the upper arc and GP NBP / 2019 across the lower arc, identifying the subject, the designer, the issuing bank, and the year. |
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| Edge | Irregularly reeded with repeated inscription: NBP |
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The Liberation Mound — Kopiec Wyzwolenia — near Wrocław was constructed between 1934 and 1938 by Polish citizens hauling soil from battlefields where Polish forces fought during World War I, a deliberate act of collective memory in a country that had only regained independence in 1918 after 123 years of partition. The mound was intended to commemorate that independence, not a specific battle. Poland's interwar window closed brutally in September 1939, and the site fell into neglect under German occupation.
This coin was issued on the centenary of Polish independence, part of a broader NBP series revisiting monuments tied to that restoration.