Poland 1997 20 zlotych Y-330

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3561

This specimen was lot 3561 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $89.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "POLAND: Republic, AR 20 złotych, 1997, annual animal series-stag beetle, Choice Proof." Poland obtained her freedom in the early 1990's with the fall of the Berlin Wall but the new government found the treasury as empty as before. NCLT's ("Non Circulating Legal Tender" coinage) were issued in a bewildering array to help stem the flow. This one, one of two silver twenty złotych issued in 1997, honors the stag beetle.

Recorded mintage: 15,000 proofs.

Specification: 28.52 g, 0.925 fine silver, 38.6 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-Y330.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• 1996 20 złotych
• 1997 10 złotych, Stefan Batory
• 1997 200 złotych, martyrdom of St. Adalbert
• 1999 100 złotych, pilgrimage of John Paul II
• 2001-MW 20 złotych, the Szlak Bursztynowy (Amber Road)
• Coins and currency dated 1997