Medals

The medals that can be admired at the Money Centre are a real treat for numismatists and researchers of the history of Poland. Made to commemorate important events and prominent figures across different domains, minted as decorations or awards for outstanding achievements, they are a testimony of times gone by. Among the collected medals, we can admire the one minted in honor of the 40th anniversary of Franciszek Smolka’s presidency in the of the Galician Diet (Sejm Krajowy) and his chairmanship of the committee for the construction of a mound commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Union of Lublin. Only one copy of this medal was minted in gold!

In 1454, the outbreak of the anti-Teutonic uprising in Gdańsk led to the annexation of that city to the Kingdom of Poland by Casimir IV Jagiellon, and after the end of the Thirteen Years’ War – the entire Royal Prussia. The commemoration of these events is reflected in two medals that are 100 years apart. The first of them was minted in 1654 during the reign of John II Casimir. The second one was minted by an unknown author, on the request of the Senate of Gdańsk in 1754, during the reign of Augustus III the Saxon.