20 Zlotys small type

20 Zlotys (small type) - obverse20 Zlotys (small type) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Poland
Period Polish People's Republic (1952-1989)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1989-1990
Value 20 Zlotys (20 Złotych) (20 PLZ)
Currency Third Zloty (1949-1994)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 5.65 g
Diameter 24 mm
Thickness 1.7 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 1 January 1995
Number
N#
22678
References Y# 153.2,
Richard S. Yeoman, Arthur L. Friedberg; 2007. A Catalog of Modern World Coins : 1850-1964 (14th edition). Whitman Publishing Company, Atlanta, United States.
And 1 more volumes.
ParM# 255,
Janusz Parchimowicz, Józef Aumiller, Wydawnictwo Nefryt; 2017. Katalog monet polskich obiegowych i kolekcjonerskich : od 1916. Wydawnictwo Nefryt, Szczecin, Poland.
Schön# 184,
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.
Fischer Po# OB080
Adam Lanowy; 2010. Katalog monet polskich i z Polską związanych, XX i XIX wiek : monety koronne Stanisława Augusta Poniatowskiego. Fischer, Bytom. Poland.

Obverse

The White Eagle, national coat of arms of Poland

Script: Latin

Lettering:
POLSKA RZECZPOSPOLITA LUDOWA
mw
·1989·

Translation: Polish People`s Republic

Designer: Stanisława Wątróbska-Frindt

Reverse

Value

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20
ZŁOTYCH

Designer: Ewa Tyc-Karpińska

Edge

Reeded

20 Zlotys (small type) -  obverse

Mint

Mintmark of Mint of Poland (MW) Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska), Warsaw, Poland (1766-date)

Comments

Many of these coins are found with ground off edges, this was done by criminals to make them become indistinguishable from German one-mark coins (http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces846.html) to selling machines. One mark was about 7,000 zlotych in 1990.
See this German article in Der Spiegel: http://magazin.spiegel.de/EpubDelivery/spiegel/pdf/13489158

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1989 MW 95 974 000 $ 0.13 $ 0.13 $ 0.25 $ 0.32 $ 0.80 $ 0.80 62%
1989 MW 5 000 0.5% Proof
1990 MW 104 712 000 $ 0.18 $ 0.22 $ 0.22 $ 0.49 $ 0.54 $ 0.96 69%
1990 MW 5 000 0.8% Proof

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