2008 AD., Poland, democratic Republic, Siberian Deportees commemorative, Warsaw mint, 2 ZÅ‚ote, KM Y 638.
Poland, democratic Republic, Siberian Deportees commemorative, engraver: Ewa Tyc-Karpinska (reverse), Warsaw mint, 2008 AD.,
2 Złote (27 mm / 8,18 g), aluminium-bronze ("Nordic Gold" Cu 89%, Al 5%, Zn 5%, Sn 1%), 8,15 g theor. mint weight, mintage 1.500.000 , medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge with incuse lettering " * NBP " eight times (alternating upside down) (for "National Bank of Poland"),
Obv.: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA / mW / 20 - 08 / ZÅ 2 ZÅ , around Polish coat of arms: crowned eagle with spread wings (a white eagle, the national emblem of Poland), mint mark mW -monogram below r. claw.
Rev.: SYBIRACY , depiction of several anonymous human figures silhouetted against the vastness of the coniferous boreal taiga forest, which recedes into the distance, the seemingly endless tracts of coniferous woodlands. The legend SYBIRACY translates "Siberian Exiles".
KM Y 638 ; Parchimowicz 1070 .
Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
2008 / mW / 1.500.000
The Polish term sybirak (plural: sybiracy) is a colloquialism. It literally means "inhabitant of Siberia", but culturally refers to the hundreds of thousands of Poles who were exiled to and imprisoned in Siberia over the centuries of Russian domination.
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