Poland 2005-MW 200 zlotych Fr-204
This specimen was lot 24678 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "POLAND. 200 Zlotych, 2005-MW. NGC PROOF-68 ULTRA CAMEO. Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski in top hat. From a mintage of only 3,500 pieces. Hard mirror fields with frosted cameo devices. Brilliant and attractive." 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 honors poet and satirist Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski (1905-53).
Recorded mintage: 3,500.
Specification: 15.5 g, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-204; Y-538.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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