2022-05-04 Wed

A 2022 Proof silver 10-zloty coin from Poland honors those who have defended the nation’s Eastern border from a crisis instigated by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

In summer 2021, Poland confronted a crisis sparked by President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, who threatened to “flood” the European Union with human traffickers, drug smugglers, and armed migrants. Officers of the several Border Guard Units were deployed to actively protect the 418-kilometer-long Polish/Belarusian border, receiving support from the police and the Polish Army.

By December 2021 the Polish Border Guard officers together with police officers and soldiers had foiled some 40,000 illegal border crossing attempts, the bank said, though many of those protecting Poland’s territory were injured. To honor this valiant sacrifice Polish Mint issued a special commemorative coin designed by Robert Kotowicz.

The obverse presents an image of a Polish border post. The reverse features silhouettes of Border Guard and police officers, a Polish Army soldier, and an image of a Border Guard helicopter against a fragment of Poland’s outline with a stylized northern and eastern part of the state border.

Image Courtesy: coinworld.com