Polish August of 1980 [30]

    
    
    
    

Polish August of 1980

Coin reverse 30 pln Polish August of 1980
Coin obverse 30 pln Polish August of 1980
Subject: no
Face value: 30 pln
Alloy: 900/1000 Au
Diameter: 16 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Finish: proof
Mintage: 30000 pcs
On the edge: smooth
Additional: no
Date of issue: 2010-08-30
Issue price: 328 pln
In the centre, stylised inscription: SOLIDARNOŚĆ (Solidarity). Below, inscription: 1980. Above, semicircular inscription: POLSKI SIERPIEŃ (Polish August).

Designer: Urszula Walerzak
In the centre, a stylised image of the Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers in Gdańsk. Against this background at the bottom, an image of the Eagle established as the State Emblem of the Republic of Poland. On the left-hand side, inscription: 30, on the right-hand side, inscription: ZŁ. In the rim, inscription: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA (Republic of Poland) and the notation of the year of issue: 2010.The Mint’s mark: M/W under the Eagle’s left leg.

Designer: Urszula Walerzak

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Polish August of 1980

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 ...

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