10 Zloty – 80th Anniversary of the massacres of Katyń and Palmiry 1940 (2020)

PL 10 Zloty 2020 Monogram MWPL 10 Zloty 2020 Monogram MW
Image source: National Bank of Poland

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Description obverse

A portrait of Janina Lewandowska, inscription KATYŃ 1940 and a fragment of Bogurodzica, an old Polish battle song, whose text was engraved on the underground bell at the Katyń cemetery. To the right an eagle - State Emblem of the Republic of Poland, inscriptions RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA 2020 and 10 ZŁ

Description reverse

A portrait of Agnieszka Dowbor-Muśnicka, inscription PALMIRY 1940 and a quotation carved by an inmate in one of the cells at Aleja Szucha prison in Warsaw: “It is easy to talk about Poland. It is more difficult to work for it and even more difficult to die for it. And the most difficult is to suffer for it”. The same inscription can be found at the Palmiry cemetery.

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Coin has a round hole, resembling a bullet hole




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Poland. 10 Zloty (Silver) 2020, Mint of Poland. CoCo PL-2020-0004.