Poland 1971-MW 10 zlotych Y-63

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued by Poland as part of the F.A.O. series. The flatfish shown on the obverse is an Atlantic turbot and is caught and eaten with relish. Communist rule in Poland, established in the wake of the Russian army in 1945, collapsed in 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.

Specification: copper-nickel, 28 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM Y-63.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1965 10 złotych, 700th anniversary of Warsaw
• Poland 1969-MW 20 groszy
• 1976 500 złotych, Kosciusko
• Coins and currency dated 1971
• return to coins of Poland