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5000 Zlotys Ladislaus II Jagiellon bust
| Issuer | Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska) |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Reference(s) | Y#197, ParM#361, Fischer Po#K061 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | WŁADYSŁAW II JAGIEŁŁO 1386 1434 |
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Issued in the final months of communist Poland, this coin honors Władysław II Jagiełło, the Lithuanian-born grand duke who became King of Poland in 1386 through his marriage to Queen Jadwiga and went on to defeat the Teutonic Knights at Grunwald in 1410 — a victory that defined Polish national identity for centuries. The timing of the release is quietly ironic: a regime on the verge of collapse invoking one of the most celebrated unifiers in Polish history.
The .750 silver alloy was a cost-reduction measure common to late-communist Polish commemoratives, distinguishing this series from the finer .925 issues of earlier decades.