COIN OF POLAND - POLISH MONARCHS SERIES
QUEEN JADWIGA JAGIELLO

You are invited to bid on a 100 zlotych coin of Poland commemorating 
Queen of Poland, Jadwiga.

Dia. 29.5 mm
Weight: 10.8 g
Metal: CuNi
This coin was minted in 1988.

Jadwiga , also known as Hedwig (1373/4 – 17 July 1399), was the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland, reigning from 16 October 1384 until her death. She was the youngest daughter of Louis the Great, King of Hungary and Poland, and his wife Elizabeth of Bosnia. Jadwiga was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, but she had more close forebears among the Polish Piasts. In 1997 she was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.

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