Poland 1934 10 zlotych
This specimen was lot 75515 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description[1] noted, "POLAND. 10 Zlotych, 1934. Warsaw Mint. PCGS MS-63. Commemorating the 20th anniversary for the entry of Pilsudski's Polish Rifle Corps into World War I. Marshall Pilsudski dominates the obverse, with the Symbol of the Rifle Corps found below the eagle on the reverse. Quite a scarce offering, especially at this lofty level of preservation." This "Rifle Corps" commemorates the pseudo-sporting associations organized in Austrian Poland before World War One which later became the nucleus of the independent Polish army. One of the organizers, Józef Piłsudski, depicted on the obverse, became the president of the new republic.
Recorded mintage: 300,000.
Specification: 22 g, 0.750 fine silver, 34 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Dav-256; KM Y26.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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