Breaking Enigma Codes [2]
75th Anniversary of Breaking Enigma Codes
Face value: 2 pln
Alloy: (CuAl5Zn5Sn1) NG
Diameter: 27 mm
Weight: 8.15 g
Finish: standard
Mintage: 900000 pcs
On the edge: an inscription, NBP, repeated eight times, every second one inverted by 180 degrees, separated by stars
Additional: no
Date of issue: 2007-03-21
Issue price: 2 pln
Designer: Ewa Tyc-Karpińska
Designer: Ewa Tyc-Karpińska
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The history of Polish contribution to World War II is generally known. However, relatively little is known about the Polish role in the "battle for secrets", i.e. in the reconstruction of the "Enigma", a German cipher machine, and in the development of apparatus that allowed the decryption of the code that was changed by the Germans on a daily basis. The structure of the replica was based on rotating cylinders with the letters A-Z on the circumference and on plugs providing an indefinite number of possible solutions. Without this apparatus, any attempts to decrypt the current key based on a small number of the messages would have been vain. Moreover, German land, marine and air forces used different codes.
At first sight, the Enigma encryption machine resembled ...