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150 Years of the National Museum in Warsaw

Subject: no
Face value: 2 pln
Alloy: (CuAl5Zn5Sn1) NG
Diameter: 27 mm
Weight: 8.15 g
Finish: standard
Mintage: 800000 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: 2012-05-15
Issue price: 2 pln
On the right, stylised image of sitting Stańczyk, a court jester of Polish kings, from Jan Matejko painting “Stańczyk”. On the left, semicircular inscription: 150 LAT MUZEUM NARODOWEGO/W WARSZAWIE (150 years of the National Museum/in Warsaw).

Designer: Ewa Tyc-Karpińska
An image of the Eagle established as the emblem of the Republic of Poland. At the sides of the Eagle, notation of the year of issue: 20-12. Below the Eagle, inscription: ZŁ 2 ZŁ. Along the rim, inscription: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA (Republic of Poland), preceded and followed by six pearls. Under the Eagle, on the right, the Mint’s mark: M/W.

Designer: Ewa Tyc-Karpińska

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150 Years of the National Museum in Warsaw

The National Museum in Warsaw is celebrating its 150th anniversary under the honorary patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski. Established in 1862 as the Museum of Fine Arts, the National Museum in Warsaw is one of Poland’s oldest and biggest art museums. It houses items of Polish culture from various epochs, thereby revisiting King Stanisław August Poniatowski’s idea of Museum Polonicum. Besides Polish art, the collection features items of European painting, including pieces by Dutch, Flemish, Italian and French artists, all adding up to a rich and comprehensive panorama of art history from the Antiquity to date.

Successively expanded by donations or purchases, the collection consists of approx. 830 thousand ...

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