After a short break, during which I have been accused of everything from abandoning my blog to being sucked through the time-space continuum, I am back.
Next up on the bat coin blog topic is a 2010 Poland 20 Zlotych coin. This coin is part of Poland's Animals of the World series and really, they have a lot of animals in this series. But this coin is similar in some ways to the first bat coin I put up, a 2010 2 Zlotych coin that much less needs said here.
Next up on the bat coin blog topic is a 2010 Poland 20 Zlotych coin. This coin is part of Poland's Animals of the World series and really, they have a lot of animals in this series. But this coin is similar in some ways to the first bat coin I put up, a 2010 2 Zlotych coin that much less needs said here.
2010 Poland 20 Zlotych Silver Proof bat coin
Truly a beautiful coin. It is made of 0.925 fine silver (sterling) and comes in at a hefty 28.28g (let's call it an ounce). It is a proof strike so the detail is amazing, and here shown with the mirror finish reflecting black to simulate night. As with the 2 Zlotych coin from 2010, the subject is the Lesser Horseshoe Bat, although this time they are leaving a day roost in a wooden structure (or possibly returning). The rendering of the bats, both those flying and those roosting is very good, and the designer really got the bat correct to species and detail. I love it when that happens.
The design includes six roosting bats, four fully shrouded in sleep posture and two with heads exposed in the awake pose. The main flying bat is one of the best on any bat coin with accurate detail right down to a visible tragus in the bat's ear. The other two bats are flying away (so probably leaving at evening) and while small and less detailed they are nonetheless very nicely done. I do find it odd that the little cabin in the distance has no door or windows, but there is always the side you can't see.
And Podkowiec maly means small horseshoe, as in "lesser horseshe". Didn't seem to be quite enough room for the Polish word for bat, which is nietoperz
The design includes six roosting bats, four fully shrouded in sleep posture and two with heads exposed in the awake pose. The main flying bat is one of the best on any bat coin with accurate detail right down to a visible tragus in the bat's ear. The other two bats are flying away (so probably leaving at evening) and while small and less detailed they are nonetheless very nicely done. I do find it odd that the little cabin in the distance has no door or windows, but there is always the side you can't see.
And Podkowiec maly means small horseshoe, as in "lesser horseshe". Didn't seem to be quite enough room for the Polish word for bat, which is nietoperz
The obverse of this coin is essentially the same as the 2 Zlotych from the early post, but this time in splendid silver proof.
Overall one of the best of the bat coins in a lot of ways.
Overall one of the best of the bat coins in a lot of ways.
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