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Commemorative Coins Of Poland
Commemorative coins in Poland are special coins minted by the Polish Mint and issued by the National Bank of Poland (the only issuer of the Polish coins ). Each year several collector and commemorative coins are minted to mark political, historical, scientific, cultural, sporting, humanitarian and other similar events of general importance to Poland or with wider international significance. The material used for production of the commemorative coins is usually alloy of silver Ag 925, gold Au 900 or pure gold Au 999,9. Most of the commemorative coins have their equivalents in occasional coins of common use, minted from special brass called “ Nordic Gold”. The following table shows the number of coins minted per year. In the first section, the coins are grouped by the metal used, while in the second section they are grouped by their face value. As a result of inflation in the early 1990s, the currency underwent redenomination. Thus, on 1 January 1995, 10 000 old złotych (P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001
2001 was designated as International Year of Volunteers. Events January * January 9 – iTunes is launched. * January 10 – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission approves the mergers and acquisitions, merger of AOL, America Online and Time Warner to form AOL Time Warner. * January 13 – A January 2001 El Salvador earthquake, 7.6 magnitude earthquake hits all of El Salvador, killing at least 800 people and leaving thousands homeless. * January 15 – Wikipedia is launched.Kock, N., Jung, Y., & Syn, T. (2016)Wikipedia and e-Collaboration Research: Opportunities and Challenges. International Journal of e-Collaboration (IJeC), 12(2), 1–8. * January 16 – Assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila: The President of the Congo is shot in his office and is rushed to Harare in Zimbabwe for medical treatment; his death will be announced two days later. * January 20 ** George W. Bush is First inauguration of George W. Bush, sworn in as the 43rd President of the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
