In Poland I Believe (4)

Back side (reverse):

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!)

Translation of Rota (The Oath) © Polish Heritage Foundation, used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Front side (obverse):

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.

Back side (reverse):

at the bottom, figures of a woman, girl, man and boy – all in the style of a child’s coloured drawing; in the background, an image of the Jasna Góra Monastery from the east. Along the rim, from the left to the top, the inscription: JASNA GÓRA – DUCHOWA STOLICA POLSKI (Jasna Góra – the Spiritual Capital of Poland).

Front side (obverse):

at the top, an image of Virgin Mary’s crown from the painting of Our Lady of Jasna Góra, donated by Saint John Paul II; below it, the following text: “KRÓLOWO / KORONY POLSKIEJ, / TOBIE SIĘ ODDAJEMY, / TOBIE SIĘ POŚWIĘCAMY – / BROŃ I STRZEŻ NAS / JAKO WŁASNOŚĆ / SWOJĄ” (Queen of the Polish Crown, we surrender ourselves to you, we commit ourselves to you – defend and protect us as your property); at the bottom, the 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 to the right of the Eagle, the inscription: 10 ZŁ. Along the rim, from the left to the top, the inscription: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA (Republic of Poland) 2025.