Poland 1989-MW 10000 zlotych Y-237

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Stack's Bowers May 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75601
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This specimen was lot 75601 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description[1] noted, "POLAND. 10000 Zlotych, 1989-MW. Warsaw Mint. PCGS PROOF-68 Deep Cameo." Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pope in several centuries, was a Polish celebrity of the first order and even the Communist regime could not pass up the opportunity to issue NCLT's in his honor, especially if thereby they could earn foreign exchange. Trial strikes exist in nickel.

Recorded mintage: 5,000.

Specifications: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine silver, 32 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Ewa Tyc-Karpińska.

Catalog reference: KM-Y237.

Sources:

  • 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, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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