Rare tin issue minted to commemorate the outstanding Polish writer, journalist, historian, and social activist Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812-1887), of the Jastrzębiec coat of arms.
Medal from the unique “Collection of Lviv and Galician Medals” of Lech Kokociński, Honorary President of the Polish Numismatic Society.
Obverse: bust of Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, 3/4 right, ornament below ~CC✶CC~
Reverse: an inscription in ten lines surrounded by a floral wreath tied in the middle with a ribbon
NA PAMIĄTKĘ / 50 / LETNIEGO JUBILE / USZU PRACY / LITERACKIEJ ODBYTEGO / W / SUKIENNICACH / W / KRAKOWIE / 1879
Tin, diameter 34 mm, weight 9.94 g
