Running since 2017 and meant to hit 22 issues when complete, 'The Enduring Soldiers Accursed by the Communists' is the snappy title of a serious set of coins looking at the heroes in Poland that fought, many giving their lives, against the Soviet Union after the Second World War. The Polish people went through hell in WWII, [...]
A favourite of ours and a series that should have great appeal to the classic numismatist, 'History of Polish Coin' takes a centuries long journey through the coinage of this Central European country. Starting in 2013 with a 1,000 year old design, we've now moved forward to the mid 18th century for this 14th issue. These are [...]
General Joseph Haller's symbolic ride into the sea marked on new Polish silver coin Poland seems to love its history coins more than most and the National Bank of Poland (NBP) issues some quite esoteric examples. There are quite a few centennial coins of late, buoyed by the period around one hundred years ago being one of [...]
Beautiful Polish history series, Treasures of Stanislaw August, debuts the first of its two 2020 releases A long term favourite of ours, the National Bank of Poland's 'Treasures of Stanislaw August' is a superb series that reproduces a late 18th century series of medallions commissioned by the last king of the [...]
Poland commemorates a hundred years of its airforce with a new silver coin issue Quite a few of the Eastern European nations have been releasing commemorative military coins of late, no doubt spurred on by the anniversaries of the First and Second World War having significant dates last year. We were particularly [...]
Poland marks the centenary of its classic red and white horizontally striped national flag There's no more potent symbol of national identity than a flag. While in numismatics we tend towards the female personifications to fulfil that role, that doesn't mean the history of that symbol isn't a great subject for commemoration in precious [...]
Poland's Enduring Soldiers and Treasures of Stanislaw August series see new additions 2019 ENDURING SOLDIERS 'ZAPORA' The seventh coin in the 'Enduring Soldiers Accursed by the Communists' series, this range celebrates the lives of those who were killed in the communist-led purges after the end of the Second World War. It's easy [...]
Poland celebrates a century of independence with seven ounce gold and silver spherical coins A country with a tumultuous history, Poland has had empires of its own, been a vassal state, has conquered and been conquered and generally had everything except long-term stability. All that was meant to change during the First [...]
Henry Valois is the latest ruler in Poland's superb Treasures of Stanislaw August series With a debut back in 2013 and several years still to go, Treasures of Stanislaw August is a long-running program to replicate a series of late-18th century medals commissioned by the last king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, [...]
The Battle of Hodow, the second Polish Thermopylae, is remembered on a new silver coin The National Bank of Poland (NBP) is continuing its series of coins showcasing some of the battles in Polands history where the home nation was very much the underdog. The second coin in the series, following [...]
