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Coinage of Poland
The Zloty (meaning ‘golden’ in Polish) is a unit of currency dating back to the Middle Ages, initially used to refer to various foreign coins used in circulation in the area at that time and valued at 30 Groszy (Groats). Inflation gradually saw the Zloty reduced from a gold coin to a silver coin.
The Zloty survived the partition of Poland until 1850, when the Russian Empire decreed that the Polish Zloty should be replaced with the Russian Rouble, later replaced by the Marka by the Germans occupying the Polish area during World War One.
A Zloty-based coinage re-emerged in 1924. This Zloty was subdivided into 100 Groszy. This Zloty was replaced by the Germany Reichmark at two Zlote to the Mark following the German invasion and occupation during World War II. As the Soviets advanced, the Reichmark denominated currency was replaced by the Lublin Zloty, used until 1950, when it was replaced by the Third Zloty at 100 old Zlote to the new Zloty.
The current, fourth, Zloty was introduced in 1995, but the Polish government has committed itself to joining the Euro in the years to come, whether this will happen in the wake of the recent Eurozone crisis remains to be seen.
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