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Description: | (obverse) "KROLESTWO POLSKIE" "10 FENIGOW" "1917"
Coin issued in occupied Poland by Germany and Austria-Hungary during the First World War. The re-establishment of a Kingdom of Poland was under negotiation at the time to persuade the Poles to fight on the side of Germany.
No known provenance. Coin was found unlabelled in currency cupboards.
A Polish 10 fenigow coin, circular, the obverse is embossed with the following legend "KROLESTWO POLSKIE" "10 FENIGOW" "1917", the reverse is embossed with an eagle surmounted by crown, there are patches of what appears to be inactive rust on both sides of the coin. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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