Horses
USA - Delaware State Quarter


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Set Details
Coin Description: S10Z 2008MW POLISH POSTAL SERVICE 450TH ANNIV. - HOLOGRAM
Grade: NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
Owner: brg5658
 
Set Category: Thematic & Topical Coins
Set Name: Horses
Slot Name: USA - Delaware State Quarter
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Purchased on eBay auction on 6/13/2011. The earliest record of a postal system in Poland is from the year 1387 of merchants who organized a private system and introduced horse riders to replace foot letter carriers. In 1530 a monthly postal service from Krakow to Rome was introduced by the Fugger bankers of Venice. On 17 October 1558 King Zygmunt August II of Poland appointed Prospero Provano, an Italian merchant living in Krakow, to organize a postal service in Poland. He merged all the private postal services into a single postal service. Royal mail and mail from some monastic orders was carried free. All other mail was paid for. This coin was struck in 2008 to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the officially organized Polish Postal Service in 1558. The obverse features a postal carrier delivering a letter with frosty devices and a village scene displayed behind. The reverse features a stylized stamp design, with an inlaid hologram featuring the symbol of the postal service - a rider on horseback with a horn (see picture). The coin is struck in 92.5% silver, and is a nice size with a diameter of 32mm. The nominal face value is 10 Zlotych, and this coin comes from a total mintage of 135,000 pieces.

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