A nicely preserved piece.
Delicate rubbing of the highest parts of the relief, freshness of the background.
Obverse: legionary eagle against a background of rays, in the rim the legend: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA 10 ZŁOTYCH 10.
Reverse: bust of Marshal Pilsudski to the left, in front of him the Kościesza coat of arms - the mark of the State Mint in Warsaw, on the right the year 1934. On the shoulder the inscription St Ostrowski.
Designer: Stanislaw Ostrowski
Diameter: 34.0 mm; weight: 22.0 g; alloy: .750 sterling silver; border: serrated
Denomination introduced with the reform of January 11, 1924. The coin was minted to commemorate "the undertaking of the armed struggle for the liberation of the Fatherland and the march into the field on August 6, 1914 of the troops of the Riflemen's Associations and Squads under the command of the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army Jozef Pilsudski," and was minted in August and September 1934. According to the Presidential Decree of August 27, 1932, these coins could be used to pay debts up to a maximum of 500 zlotys. The coin remained in circulation until November 1939.
The coin was minted in Warsaw in an edition of 300,000 pieces.
