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COIN OF POLAND - POLISH MONARCHS SERIES - DUKE PIAST MIESZKO I
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COIN OF POLAND - POLISH KING SERIESDUKE MIESZKO I
You are invited to bid on a 50 zlotych coin of Poland commemorating
Mieszko I, Duke of Poland.
Dia. 30.5 mm
Metal: CuNi
Weight: 11.7 g
The coin was minted in 1979.
Mieszko I
or
Mieczyslaw I
, c.922–992, duke of Poland (962–92), the first important member of the
Piast
dynasty. The first German invasions of Poland began in 963. To avert this threat, Mieszko obtained (c.963) a friendly treaty with Holy Roman Emperor
Otto I
, to whom he agreed to pay tribute. Mieszko later conquered Pomerania. In 966 he accepted Christianity and immediately began the conversion of Poland. Late in his reign he placed Poland under the protection of the pope, thus gaining papal support of Polish integrity. His son
Boleslaus I
Chrobry succeeded him.
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