500 Zloty – Sigismund the Elder (2017)

Image source: National Bank of Poland

Additional information

Title / Occasion	Sigismund the Elder
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 I STARY *
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 eleven rows: CASIMIRI FILIUS PENULTIMUS, PRUDENTIA, VICTORIIS OPIBUS INSIGNIS, CAROLI V. CAESARIS, ET FRANCISCI I. FRANCORUM REGIS COAEVUS, ET ILLIS AEQUIPARATUS. OB:A.D.1548.AETAT:81). 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 the king Sigismundus the Elder facing right, modelled on a portrait painted by Marcello Bacciarelli. The king is wearing a crown and has a short beard over a ruff. He is clad in armour covered with a richly embroidered coat clipped with a decorative buckle and adorned with a jewelled Order of the Golden Fleece on a chain. Above an inscription: SIGISMUN DUS PRIMUS. At the bottom an inscription: I.I.R.