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500 Zloty – Henry Valois (2018)

Image source: National Bank of Poland

Additional information

Title / Occasion	Henry Valois
Country	Poland
State	Third Polish Republic
Denomination	500 Zloty
Year of Issue	2018
Material	Gold
Fineness	Au .999
Size (mm)	45.00
Weight	62.20 g
Shape	Round
Edge	SKARBY STANISlAWA AUGUSTA * HENRYK WALEZY *
Quality	BU
Mint	Warsaw
Mintmark	Monogram MW
Mintage	600
Series	Treasures of King Stanislaw August
Designer	Kotowicz, Robert, Kotowicz, Robert (Obv), Wątróbska-Wdowiarska, Anna (Rev)

Description obverse

In the centre an inscription in twelve rows: HENRICI II. FRANCORUM REGIS TERTIOGENITUS, ELECT: A.D.1573.CORON: A.D.1574.D.21.FEBR:VIX COMPLETIS IN POLONIA QUINQUE MENSIBUS, ABIIT IN GALLIAM AD CAPESSENDUM ILLUD REGNUM, MORTE CAROLI IX.FRATRIS ORBATUM,TRUCIDATUS A.D.1589.AETAT: Below inscription image of the Eagle established as the State Emblem of the Republic of Poland and mintmark flanked by year 20-18, RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA 500 Zl around.

Description reverse

The bust of the king Henry Valois facing right, modelled on a portrait painted by Marcello Bacciarelli. The king is wearing a velvet hat with ostrich feathers and a brooch pinned above the forehead, with a curled moustache and a small beard, with an earring in his right ear; in a decorative French robe with a lace collar, in a coat and with the Order of Saint Michael on a ribbon. Above an inscription: HENRICUS VALESIUS. At the bottom an inscription: I.I.REICHEL.F.