A nicely preserved piece.
Denomination introduced by the reform of January 11, 1924. Coin minted to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the November Uprising by decree of the Treasury Minister on November 14, 1930. Remaining in circulation until November 1939.
The coin was minted in Warsaw in an edition of 1,000,000 pieces, and was the first commemorative coin introduced into circulation in the Second Republic. It is also the only circulation coin from the Second Republic that does not have the issuer's name: 'THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND'.
Obverse: the state eagle of the 1927 design, below it the inscription 5 ZŁOTYCH 5 and the year 1930;
Reverse: Banner flying in the wind on a long spar topped with a flag eagle, with an inscription in three lines HONOR / AND / DAD, below the banner a horizontal inscription in four lines: 1830 - 1930 / ON THE HUNDRED / ANNIVERSARY / OF THE STATE of Poland punctuated by a banner spar. Embellishment of dashes, at the bottom left Kościesza coat of arms - mark of the State Mint in Warsaw, on both sides of the spar initials of the designer Wojciech Jastrzębowski - W - J.
Edge: SALUS-REIPUBLICAE-SUPREMA-LEX;
Minted coin of .750 silver with a prescribed weight of 18 g and a diameter of 33 mm.
