Narodowy Bank Polski (NBP) commemorates the greatest Polish economists on collector coins. This year’s spring collection will include three outstanding visionaries and reformers: Władysław Grabski, Leon Biegeleisen and Jan Stanisław Lewiński. Their images will be featured in the popular series “The Great Polish economists”. The first coin will present the image of Władysław Grabski. It will be issued in April.
Collector banknotes and coins issued by Narodowy Bank Polski commemorate important events, outstanding figures, authorities and their contributions to the history of Poland. With the series “The Great Polish economists”, NBP wishes to honour great Poles whose achievements make up the history of the Polish economy.
Reformer of state finances
Władysław Grabski (1874-1938) was a Polish politician, economist, historian, and independence activist. He was the main author of the currency reform of 1924, which led to the stabilization of the budget and the suppression of hyperinflation.
In his work “On Our Own Strength”, he wrote:
In order to gain or even maintain our rightful position among the nations of the world, we should develop economic virtues, shape the character and disposition of the widest strata of the population working as manual labourers or white-collar workers, so we would not feel weaker than others in economic struggles and could count on our success in the world.
The silver collector coin dedicated to Władysław Grabski will be the first issue this year to enrich the series “The Great Polish economists”. Narodowy Bank Polski has planned its issue for 21April 2022. The next coins, dedicated to Leon Biegeleisen and Jan Stanisław Lewiński, will be put into circulation on 5 May 2022.
The silver coin dedicated to Władysław Grabski will open this year’s series of NBP issues of “The Great Polish economists” series.
The series of NBP collector coins “The Great Polish economists”
The series of NBP collector coins “The Great Polish economists” was inaugurated in 2017. Its purpose is to commemorate outstanding Polish specialists in economics whose achievements contributed to the development of this science.
The collector’s series consists of coins with a face value of PLN 10 with images of distinguished Polish economists. The first coin issued featured Nicolaus Copernicus, who is primarily known as an outstanding astronomer, although his achievements in economics were also significant. Subsequent coins featured, among others, Fryderyk Skarbek, Edward Taylor and Tadeusz Brzeski. As part of “The Great Polish economists” series, in autumn 2022 NBP will also present Władysław Zawadzki and Michał Kalecki.
See the entire series of collector coins “The Great Polish economists”
Offline or online coin purchase
Collector coins can be purchased by anyone who would like to enrich their collection or just launch it. Such a coin is also an original gift idea. The purchase can be made at the online store kolekcjoner.nbp.pl/en and at 16 Regional Branches of Narodowy Bank Polski located in each voivodeship city.
Detailed information on the planned issues of collector coins and notes, dates and face values are available on the website of Narodowy Bank Polski in the Schedule of issue of Polish collector items and commemorative coins for 2022.
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