DOI issue:
Kronika
DOI article:Jaworucka-Drath, Anna: Memoriae donatorum: Wystawa numizmatyczna ze zbioròw Muzeum Narodowego w Krakowie
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.22229#0220
ANNA JAWORUCKA-DRATH
The inauguration of the exhibition coincided with the centenary of the handover
of Emeryk Hutten-CzapskEs collections and the 120th anniyersary of the establish-
ment of the Coin Room at the National Museum in Kraków.
The chronologically arranged items madę it easier to follow through the his-
tory of the money in the territory of Poland. The themes and symbols represented in
the medals section enriched the information on the featured historical periods. The
exposition was complemented with illustrated boards commemorating the donators
(with photographs, biographical information, documents), of great interest to col-
lectors and historians as welł as to the generał public.
The numismatic items were placed in convenient glass cases. Images of some
of the exhibits were also magnified on screens. Infonnation on the origin of each
coin and medal was also provided. The first display case with numismatic objects
contained the silver hoard of Dzierznica, dated to after 962, consisting of beads, ear-
rings, and fragments of adornments. Also included were coins from the period of
the Piast dynasty, from Bolesław the Brave (992-1025) to Bolesław the Wrymouth
(1102-1138), the first Polish pennies (denar), including one uniąue specimen with
the image of a monarch’s head and the inscription GNEZDVN CIVITAS. The next
showcase contained bracteates and the so-called “Kraków hoard” (13th century).
Other notable exhibits were 14th-century Piast coins, including the famous florin of
Władysław the Short, i.e., the first gold coin minted in Poland, as well as coins of the
Teutonic Order issued by Winrich von Kniprode (1351-1382) and Konrad Zollner
von Rothenstein (1382-1390). Another showcase housed coins from the Jagiellon
period, Hungarian ducats, and coins of the Teutonic Order. The exhibition then went
on to represent the “zloty” period, with coinage and medals of Sigismund I the Old
(1506-1548). Morę items followed, with coins from the reign of Sigismund II Au-
gustus (1544-1572) to Stanisław II August (1764-1795). Specimens of particular
notę included a 100-crown-ducat coin of Sigismund III Vasa (dated 1621, the łarg-
est Polish gold coin) and fine 17th-century medals and donatives madę by eminent
medallists such as S. Amon, S. Dadler, and the J.J. Hoehns.
The finał section of the exhibition comprised very interesting 19th- and 20th-cen-
tury medals issued in connection or commemoration of yarious important figures or
historical events.
Two display cases were devoted to banknotes and securities. The first one
housed items from the 18th-20th centuries, beginning from the first Polish banknotes:
treasury notes of the Kościuszko Insurrection (1794), to items of the rouble cur-
rency issued by the Bank of Poland in 1866. Among the rarities let us mention
a handwritten design of the Warsaw Principality cash notes of 1, 2, 5 thalers (1810)
and Jan Minheymer’s unrealized design of the 100-zloty banknote for the Bank of
Poland (1830). Other exhibits of interest included 50-piece notepads of Sharehold-
The inauguration of the exhibition coincided with the centenary of the handover
of Emeryk Hutten-CzapskEs collections and the 120th anniyersary of the establish-
ment of the Coin Room at the National Museum in Kraków.
The chronologically arranged items madę it easier to follow through the his-
tory of the money in the territory of Poland. The themes and symbols represented in
the medals section enriched the information on the featured historical periods. The
exposition was complemented with illustrated boards commemorating the donators
(with photographs, biographical information, documents), of great interest to col-
lectors and historians as welł as to the generał public.
The numismatic items were placed in convenient glass cases. Images of some
of the exhibits were also magnified on screens. Infonnation on the origin of each
coin and medal was also provided. The first display case with numismatic objects
contained the silver hoard of Dzierznica, dated to after 962, consisting of beads, ear-
rings, and fragments of adornments. Also included were coins from the period of
the Piast dynasty, from Bolesław the Brave (992-1025) to Bolesław the Wrymouth
(1102-1138), the first Polish pennies (denar), including one uniąue specimen with
the image of a monarch’s head and the inscription GNEZDVN CIVITAS. The next
showcase contained bracteates and the so-called “Kraków hoard” (13th century).
Other notable exhibits were 14th-century Piast coins, including the famous florin of
Władysław the Short, i.e., the first gold coin minted in Poland, as well as coins of the
Teutonic Order issued by Winrich von Kniprode (1351-1382) and Konrad Zollner
von Rothenstein (1382-1390). Another showcase housed coins from the Jagiellon
period, Hungarian ducats, and coins of the Teutonic Order. The exhibition then went
on to represent the “zloty” period, with coinage and medals of Sigismund I the Old
(1506-1548). Morę items followed, with coins from the reign of Sigismund II Au-
gustus (1544-1572) to Stanisław II August (1764-1795). Specimens of particular
notę included a 100-crown-ducat coin of Sigismund III Vasa (dated 1621, the łarg-
est Polish gold coin) and fine 17th-century medals and donatives madę by eminent
medallists such as S. Amon, S. Dadler, and the J.J. Hoehns.
The finał section of the exhibition comprised very interesting 19th- and 20th-cen-
tury medals issued in connection or commemoration of yarious important figures or
historical events.
Two display cases were devoted to banknotes and securities. The first one
housed items from the 18th-20th centuries, beginning from the first Polish banknotes:
treasury notes of the Kościuszko Insurrection (1794), to items of the rouble cur-
rency issued by the Bank of Poland in 1866. Among the rarities let us mention
a handwritten design of the Warsaw Principality cash notes of 1, 2, 5 thalers (1810)
and Jan Minheymer’s unrealized design of the 100-zloty banknote for the Bank of
Poland (1830). Other exhibits of interest included 50-piece notepads of Sharehold-