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50 Zlotych Generał Władysław Sikorski
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland |
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| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the crowned Polish eagle displayed, without a crown per the People's Republic standard, rendered in high relief at the centre of the field. The date 1981 appears in two split numerals flanking the lower portion of the eagle's body, with the mint mark 'MW' below. The denomination '50' is prominently struck in large numerals at the bottom of the field, flanked on either side by the currency abbreviation 'ZŁ'. The circular legend 'POLSKA RZECZPOSPOLITA LUDOWA' (Polish People's Republic) runs along the upper periphery in Latin characters. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Sikorski died in a plane crash at Gibraltar on 4 July 1943 — a death so politically convenient for Stalin that conspiracy theories have never fully subsided. As commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces in exile and head of the London-based government, his loss effectively ended the most credible challenge to Soviet influence over postwar Polish affairs. That the communist Polish state chose to commemorate him nearly four decades later reflects a careful rehabilitation: by 1981, Sikorski could be claimed as an anti-Nazi military hero while his fierce anti-Soviet credentials were quietly set aside.
The coin appeared the same year as the Solidarity crisis and the eventual declaration of martial law in December.