2005 AD., Poland, democratic Republic, Historical Cities in Poland Series - Gniezno commemorative, Warsaw mint, 2 ZÅ‚ote, KM Y 564.

Poland, democratic Republic, Historical Cities in Poland Series - Gniezno commemorative, engraver: Ewa Tyc-Karpinska, Warsaw mint, 2005 AD.,
2 Złote (27 mm / 8,14 g), aluminium-bronze ("Nordic Gold" Cu 89%, Al 5%, Zn 5%, Sn 1%), 8,15 g theor. mint weight, mintage 1.200.000 , medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge with incuse lettering " * NBP " eight times (alternating upside down) (for Narodowy Bank Polski, "National Bank of Poland"),
Obv.: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA 2005 / mW / 2 ZŁ , Polish coat of arms: crowned eagle with spread wings (a white eagle, the national emblem of Poland), mint mark mW -monogram below r. claw, city wall with open gate below, value to r.
Rev.: GNIEZNO , Tumska street view of the Gniezno Cathedral, engraver´s {TE} -monogram l. below at edge, ornaments from the two-winged bronze doors decorated with scenes of martyrdom of St. Wojciech flanking.
KM Y 564 ; Parchimowicz 956 .

Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
2005 / mW / 1.200.000

Gniezno (German: Gnesen) is a city in central-western Poland, some 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of Poznań, inhabited by about 70,000 people. One of the Piast dynasty's chief cities, it was mentioned by 10th century A.D. sources as the capital of Piast Poland (in Dagome Iudex) however the first capital of Piast realm was most likely Giecz built around 840s A.D. Its Roman Catholic archbishop, the Archbishop of Gniezno, is the Primate of Poland. These historical facts make its position in Polish history similar to Canterbury or Rheims.
The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Adalbert (Polish: Bazylika Archikatedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny i św. Wojciecha) is a Gothic cathedral in Gniezno, Poland. The Cathedral is known for its twelfth-century (ca. 1175), two-winged bronze doors decorated with scenes of martyrdom of St. Wojciech and a silver relic coffin of that saint. The coffin was made by Peter von der Rennen of pure silver in 1662 after the previous one (established in 1623 by King Sigismund III Vasa) was robbed by the Swedes in 1655, during the Deluge.