Medal - Dr. Wladyslaw Terlecki
Features
| Location |
Poland
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Polish People's Republic (1952-1989)
|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Years | 1977-1978 |
| Composition | Silver plated tombac (Oxidized) |
| Weight | 180.49 g |
| Diameter | 70 mm |
| Thickness | 6.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 553997 |
| References | Caspar# 230 Helmut Caspar; 1984. Münztechnik auf Münze und Medaillen = Coin minting technology on coins and medals (1st Edition). Transpress, Berlin, Germany. |
Commemorative issue
10th Anniversary of his death
Obverse
Bust of Dr. Wladyslaw Terlecki facing three-quarters left, surrounded by the legend with designer & sponsor (?) on left & right.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
DR WŁADYSŁAW TERLECKI NUMIZMATYK · 1940-1967
Ǝ.G
PTAiN
1977
Translation:
DR WŁADYSŁAW TERLECKI NUMISMATIST 1940-1967
E.G (Edward Gorol)
PTAiN (Polish Archaeological and Numismatic Society)
1977
Designer: Edward Gorol
Reverse
At the top and bottom in rectangles examples of Polish medals and coins, descriptive banner in the middle, Mennica Polska mint mark in lower right textured area.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
WŁADYSŁAW TERLECKI:
>> MENNICA WARSZAWSKA <<
1765-1965
Translation:
WŁADYSŁAW TERLECKI:
>> WARSAW MINT <<
1765-1965
Designer: Edward Gorol
Edge
Plain
Mint
 |
Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska), Warsaw, Poland (1766-date) |
Comments
There are at least two documented compositions of this medal. This is the silver plated (patinated) oxidized tombac version that had 450 medals struck. The other composition - for which 70 were struck - is an 800 silver purity version with similar dimensions and weight. “The Ag (silver) symbol is stamped on the edge, along with a punch indicating the basic hallmark for 800 silver (the Polish hallmark used from 1963 to 1986). For precious metal products, the image of a woman indicates a silver product, while the letter K indicates the place of hallmarking, in this case Kraków.”
According to references, “ … Wladyslaw Terlecki was not only one of Mint’s directors (1945-1946), but also a curator of its Coin Cabinet from 1927 to 1940. His famous rescue of the Mint’s collection (from the Nazis) included not only the gold bars, but also the Mint’s numismatic collection: coins and medals produced in the Mint, and the collection of Roman, Greek and Polish coins collected by his father, also named Wladyslaw Terlecki, physician and numismatist.”
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1977-1978) | 450 | ||||||||||||||
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