A nice piece with remnants of mint luster in the background.
Well-preserved details with freshness of the highest parts of the drawing.
The denomination introduced by the reform of January 11, 1924. Coin minted to commemorate "the undertaking of the armed struggle for the liberation of the Fatherland and the marching out into the field on August 6, 1914 of the troops of the Riflemen's Associations and Squads under the command of the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army Jozef Pilsudski", minted in August and September 1934. According to the decree of the President of the Republic of Poland of August 27, 1932, these coins could be used to pay obligations up to a maximum of 500 zlotys. The coin remained in circulation until November 1939.
The coin was minted in Warsaw in 1934 in an edition of 300,000 pieces.
Coin designed by Stanislaw Ostrowski minted in .750 silver on 28 mm disks with a prescribed weight of 11 g.
Obverse: legionary eagle against a background of rays, in the rim the legend: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA 5 ZŁOTYCH 5
Reverse: bust of Marshal Pilsudski to the left, in front of it the Kościesza coat of arms - the mark of the State Mint in Warsaw, on the right the year 1934. On the shoulder the inscription St Ostrowski.
Edge: serrated.