3747) Concordat Between the Holy See and the Republic of Poland, Poland: Rectangular Silver Proof Coins Mark the 100th Anniversary of the conclusion of the Concordat (1925-2025): Date/Year of Coin issue: 06.02.2025:
The National Bank of Poland release rectangular-shaped Proof Quality Coins marking an important National Anniversary.
Both Russia and Germany contested the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I and established a reborn Polish Republic as part of the accompanying peace treaty.
In 1925, Poland was forced to pursue a defensive policy as the newly emerged German Republic denied Poland’s rights to western lands through diplomacy and economic pressure.
Additionally, special vigilance also had to be exercised with regard to the successor to Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union and their foreign policies linked to Germany since 1922 by the anti-Versailles Treaty of Rapallo.
Soviet Russia began to send communist agitators across the border as part of their attempt to separate and ultimately annex eastern parts of Polish territory.
Thus, the concordat between the Holy See and the Republic of Poland was seen as an extremely important diplomatic mission which was concluded on the 10th February 1925 after only six months of negotiations.
The main negotiator on the Polish side was Minister Stanisław Grabski, leader of the National Democracy Party and brother of the-then Prime Minister Władysław Grabski.
His initial his audience with Pope Pius XI, regarded as a friend of Poland, who served as Apostolic Nuncio to Poland as Achille Ratti from 1919 to 1921 was regarded as very positive.
The international agreement between the Second Polish Republic and the Holy See and with it the country’s permanent into metropolises and dioceses, strengthened the stability of its borders, while for the Catholic majority it gave a sense of identification with the free homeland.
Therefore, during the vote for ratification of the concordat by parliament, even political parties hostile to the agreement and who favoured a strict separation of Church and State decided not to vote against its ratification with some parliamentarians abstaining.
Additionally, representatives of the national Christian democratic and conservative parties, as well as the People’s Party accepted the agreement and the ‘yes’ vote with undisguised satisfaction.
It was not until September 1945, and after the end of the Second World War, that communist authorities in control of the government imposed by Moscow unilaterally broke the concordat of 1925.
The new agreement came into being in 1993 but only after Poland regained its independence and during the pontificate of St John Paul II.
To this day, it is a guarantee of the nation’s proper understanding of the extraordinary role of the Catholic faith on Polish territory.
The Coin:
Denomination Metal Weight Dimensions Quality Mintage Limit
20 Zlotych .999 Silver 28.2 g. 40 / 28 mm. Proof & Colour 8000 pieces.
- Available from the 6th February, the silver proof and colour coins are encapsulated and presented in a heavy-gauge lined card case, accompanied with a certificate of authenticity (COA).
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