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Coin "400th Anniversary of Polish Settlement in North America"
| Name | 400th Anniversary of Polish Settlement in North America |
| Presented by | National Bank of Poland, Warsaw, POLAND |
| Nominal value | 14,14 |
| Metal | 32 |
| Diameter | 126 000 |
| Thickness | Ag oxidized, core - glass |
| Mintage | Obverse: In the centre, on the glass core, a stylized image of a man blowing glassware and on the rim of the core, an inscription: POLSKIEGO OSADNICTWA W AMERYCE PУŁNOCNEJ (of the Polish settlement in North America), read from the reverse side of the coin. On the ring, fragments of a stylized map of Virginia. Above, an inscription: VIRGINIA, placed on a sash. To the left of the core, images of settlers, to the right, images of Indians. Below the core, an image of the Eagle established as the State Emblem of the Republic of Poland. To the left of the Eagle, the notation of the year of issue: 2008. To the right, an inscription: 10/ZŁ. At the bottom, a semicircular inscription: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA (the Republic of Poland). At the Eagle’s left leg, the Mint’s mark: MW. Reverse: In the centre, on the glass core, a stylized image of a man blowing glassware and on the rim of the core, an inscription: POLSKIEGO OSADNICTWA W AMERYCE PÓŁ NOCNEJ (of the Polish settlement in North America). To the left and to the right of the core, stylized images of men smelting glass. Above the core, stylized images of ships and newlyarrived settlers. Below the core, an inscription: JAMESTOWN, placed on a sash. Below, an inscription: 400. ROCZNICA (400 years). |
| Description of obverse and reverse | Robert Kotowicz |
| A brief annotation | The Polish Mint Plc |
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