Poland 1936 10 zlotych

Stack's Bowers November 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74451

This specimen was lot 74451 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "POLAND. 10 Zlotych, 1936-(W). Warsaw Mint. PCGS MS-61. An appealing Mint State example, delivering a soft mottled tone throughout." This type was struck 1934-39 to commemorate the founder of independent Poland, Josef Piłsudski. The design, with its thuggish portrait of the statesman, inspired the Hindenburg commemorative issued in Nazi Germany in the 1930's.

Recorded mintage: 2,130,000.

Specification: 22 g, 0.750 fine silver, 34 mm diameter, designed by Stanislaw Ostrowski.

Catalog reference: KM-Y29, Dav-257.

Source:

• 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, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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