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In the centre an inscription in thirteen rows: SIGISMUNDI I. EX BONA SFORTIA FILIUS UNICUS, VIVENTE PATRE DECENNIS IN REGEM ELECTUS, POST OBITUM PATRIS CURONIAM FEUDALEM REIPUBLICAE FECIT, LITHVANIAM NEXU PERPERUO POLONIAE ADJUNXIT, JAGELLONEAE STIRPIS ULTIMUS POLONIAE REX, ORBUS OBIIT KNISSINII A.D.1572.AETAT:52. Below inscription image of the Eagle established as the State Emblem of the Republic of Poland and mintmark flanked by year 20-17, RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA 500 Zl around

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The bust of King Sigismund-Augustus facing right, modelled on a portrait painted by Marcello Bacciarelli. The king is depicted with a mustache and a split beard, in a Spanish costume – a small stiff hat with ostrich feathers, a ruff and a coat with an impressive sable fur collar, and a chain with the Order of the Golden Fleece on his neck. Above an inscription: SIGISMUNDUS AUGUSTUS. At the bottom an inscription: I.I.REICHEL.F.