Poland 1938 10 zlotych

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71490

This specimen was lot 71490 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $960. The catalog description^[1] noted, "POLAND. 10 Zlotych, 1938. Warsaw Mint. PCGS MS-65 Gold Shield. A fully lustrous gem quality coin with medium gray toning throughout." This type was struck 1934-39 to commemorate the founder of independent Poland, Josef Pilsudski. The design, with its thuggish portrait of the statesman, inspired the Hindenburg commemorative issued in Nazi Germany in the 1930's.

Recorded mintage: 234,000, a better date of a somewhat scarce type.

Specification: 22 g, 0.750 fine silver, 34 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-Y29; Par-124e, Dav-257.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• 1937 10 zlotych
• 1938 grosz
• 1939 5 groszy
• Poland 1939 10 zlotych
• Coins and currency dated 1938