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500 Zlotys Vladislaus IV
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland) |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Composition | Gold (.9999) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Lettered |
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Władysław IV Vasa, king from 1632 to 1648, spent much of his reign attempting to reclaim the Swedish throne his father Sigismund III had lost — a dynastic obsession that repeatedly entangled Poland in costly northern wars. He was, by most accounts, a more pragmatic ruler than Sigismund, quietly tolerant of religious minorities at a moment when confessional violence was consuming much of Europe.
This issue belongs to the NBP's long-running "History of Polish Coinage" gold series, which has systematically worked through medieval and early modern rulers since the 1990s. The two-ounce format places it firmly in the collector bullion tier rather than anything approaching circulation.