The "Rota" Anthem [10]

                   

The "Rota" Anthem

Subject: In Poland I Believe
Face value: 10 pln
Alloy: 925/1000 Ag
Diameter: 32 mm
Weight: 14.14 g
Finish: proof
Mintage: 9000 pcs
On the edge: smooth
Additional: UV printing
Date of issue: 2025-09-10
Issue price: 270 pln
On the right, the bust of Maria Konopnicka, and the semi-circular inscription along the rim: MARIA KONOPNICKA; on the left, the bust of Feliks Nowowiejski and the semi-circular inscription along the rim: FELIKS NOWOWIEJSKI. Centrally, at the top, the stylised inscription: “Rota”; below it, the inscription: PIEŚŃ (Anthem); between the two busts, a fragment of the lyrics of “Rota”: “Nie rzucim ziemi, / skąd nasz ród. (We won’t forsake the land we came from.) / Nie damy / pogrześć mowy, / Polski my naród, / polski lud, / Królewski / szczep / piastowy. (We won’t let our speech be buried, we are the Polish nation, the Polish people, from the royal line of Piast.) / Nie damy, / by nas / gnębił wróg. (We won’t let the enemy oppress us.) / Tak nam / dopomóż Bóg!”. (So help us God!)

Designer: Urszula Walerzak
At the top, an image of the Eagle established as the state emblem of the Republic of Poland; below the Eagle, on the right, the Mint mark: m / w, and the inscription: 10 ZŁ. At the bottom, the figures of a woman, a man, a boy and a girl, above them a stylised roof in white and red –all in the style of a child’s drawing. Along the upper rim, the semi-circular inscription: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA (Republic of Poland) 2025.

Designer: Urszula Walerzak

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The “Rota” Anthem

Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910) wrote the lyrics of the “Rota” anthem at the turn of 1907 and 1908, moved by the contemporary incidents in the Prussian partition aimed at teutonising the local population. The blatant Germanisation of the Polish people, the brutal suppression of the children’s strike in Września (1901–1902) against German being the language of instruction in religion lessons, the buyout of Polish land by the Prussian Colonisation Committee and the eradication of the Polish national identity by Hakata (the German Eastern Marches Society – a radical nationalist organisation) ignited patriotic feelings among the local clergy, enlightened strata and peasants. The author herself and other activists struggled for children’s right to ...

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