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5 Zlotys The Priest's Mill in Łódź
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The aluminium bronze centre features the Polish state emblem — a crowned white eagle displayed with wings spread, rendered in high relief against a plain field. The mint mark 'mw' appears in small characters below the eagle's breast, with the date '2016' inscribed beneath. The copper-nickel outer ring carries the legend 'RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA' arching along the upper periphery, with the denomination '5 ZŁOTYCH' flanked by two raised dots along the lower periphery, all in upright Latin lettering. |
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| Obverse lettering | RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA mw 2016 • 5 ZŁOTYCH • (Translation: REPUBLIC OF POLAND MW 2016 5 Złotych) |
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The "Priest's Mill" (Młyn Księży) in Łódź takes its name from the Catholic clergy who operated a water mill on the Jasień river at the site from the early 19th century, predating the industrial explosion that would transform the city into one of Europe's densest textile manufacturing centers. This coin belongs to Poland's ongoing bimetallic 5-złoty series dedicated to historic monuments across the country's regions — a program launched in 2014 that draws on sites often overlooked by mainstream heritage tourism.
The mill complex survives today as one of the few pre-industrial structures remaining in a city otherwise defined by 19th-century factory architecture.