Coin from series "Polish Travelers and Explorers"
Face value 10 zł
Alloy: Ag 925/1000
Stamp: proof
Diameter: 32,00 mm
Weight: 14,14 g
Mintage: 50.000 pcs.
To be released in November
NBP hat geschrieben: Obverse: At the top, a semicircular inscription: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA (Republic of Poland). Below, an image of the Eagle established as the emblem of the Republic of Poland. In the centre, stylised images of two old cars. Below them, a facsimile of Ferdynand Ossendowski’s signature, and an inscription: 10 ZŁ. On the left-hand side a stylised fragment of a windrose. At the bottom, on the right-hand side, the notation of the year of issue: 2011. Below the Eagle, on the right-hand side, the mint’s mark: MW.
Reverse: A stylised image of Ferdynand Ossendowski, against the background of a silhouette’s contoured shadow and a stylised fragment of a globe with a marked network of meridians and parallels. On the right-hand side, an inscription: 1876/1945. Below, stylised images of books. At the top, a semicircular inscription: FERDYNAND OSSENDOWSKI.