By a resolution of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Krakow was established as a free city with the right to mint its own coinage. However, it only exercised this right in 1834, when the Polish eagle was replaced with a Russian eagle on the coins in circulation until then. These coins were minted in Vienna, on the model of the old coinage of the Kingdom of Poland, but with the city's coat of arms. More about them on PortalNumismatic.
format_quoteJadwiga Zakrzewska-Kleczkowska (1910-1985).One of the few women who made a lasting mark in the history of Polish numismatics. Daughter of renowned numismatist-medievalist Prof. Zygmunt Zakrzewski.
From an early age she shared her father's numismatic interests. Later, she independently continued the family numismatic traditions, participated in the work of numismatic societies in the country and abroad, in particular, actively working in the circle of Polish and Czechoslovak numismatistsformat_quote
