500 Zloty – Sigismund-Augustus (2017)

Image source: National Bank of Poland

Additional information

Title / Occasion	Sigismund-Augustus
Country	Poland
State	Third Polish Republic
Denomination	500 Zloty
Year of Issue	2017
Material	Gold
Fineness	Au .999
Size (mm)	45.00
Weight	62.20 g
Shape	Round
Edge	SKARBY STANISlAWA AUGUSTA * ZYGMUNT AUGUST *
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 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

Description reverse

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.