Polish August of 1980 [2]
Polish August of 1980
Face value: 2 pln
Alloy: (CuAl5Zn5Sn1) NG
Diameter: 27 mm
Weight: 8.15 g
Finish: standard
Mintage: 1400000 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: 2010-08-27
Issue price: 2 pln
Designer: Urszula Walerzak
Designer: Ewa Tyc-Karpińska
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In the mid-70s, the crisis of the command and control economy
(a permanent ailment of Real Socialism) aggravated in the People’s
Republic of Poland. Edward Gierek’s weakening team, despite intensive
efforts by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and its leadership, could not
prevent the sprouting of new opposition groups which took place in the
years 1976–1980. These groups published clandestine press and books,
managing to get their message heard not only amongst the educated
classes, but also amongst workers (the Free Trade Unions).
The election of Karol Wojtyła as Pope (16 October 1978) and his first
pilgrimage to Poland (June 1979) had a tremendous impact on Poles’
social awareness, increasing the nation’s resistance to communism.
The government’s ...