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Collector's coin POLISH MUSEUM IN RAPPERSWIL

Ewa Olszewska - Borys (design author)2000

The Polish Museum in Rapperswil

The Polish Museum in Rapperswil
Rapperswil, Switzerland

Collector's coin commemorating the 130th anniversary of the founding of the Polish Museum in Rapperswil, with a nominal value of PLN 10. The obverse shows the image of the eagle established as the State Emblem of the Republic of Poland. On the left, a stylised image of a fragment of the Rapperswil Castle is shown, on the right-hand side a stylised image of a fragment of the Royal Castle in Warszawa. At the top, an inscription: RZECZPOSPOLITA / POLSKA / ROK 2000, below the inscription: PLN 10. The Mint's mark under the Eagle's left leg: MW.
On the reverse, there is a fragment of the Bar Column with the upper part of the shaft, a head, a ball and an eagle. Its supplemented with the following inscriptions: MUZEUM POLSKIE W RAPPERSWILU; MAGNA / RES / LIBERTAS (motto of the Rapperswil branch) and dates: 1870 / 2000.
The coin was put into circulation on 18 October 2000 by the National Bank of Poland (NBP).

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  • Title: Collector's coin POLISH MUSEUM IN RAPPERSWIL
  • Creator: Ewa Olszewska - Borys (design author)
  • Date Created: 2000
  • Physical Dimensions: 32 mm (diameter)
  • Provenance: Coin donated by the NBP president - Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz.
  • Type: numizmat
The Polish Museum in Rapperswil

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