Polish Mint has honoured one of Poland's best football players, Zbigniew Boniek, in an unsual manner - his face has been featured on a collector’s series of coins called Football Kings.
Danuta Isler reports
The collector’s editions coins, a project initiated by the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia, started already in October 2008 with coins featuring Pele, Eusebio, Franz Beckenbauer and Lev Yashin.
The footballer comes from Bydgoszcz, northern Poland but started his career for the team Widzew Lodz. Boniek played for the Seria A Italian teams Juventus and AS Roma. Nicknamed "Zibi" he was named one of the
top 100 footballers of all time by FIFA. The striker was named Polish Sportspersonality of the Year in 1982. Although not a coin collector himself, he welcomed the series.
Collectors will be provided with a certificate of authentification as well. A limited edition run of 1,000 pieces is being produced by Polish Mint SA. Over the next five years, the mint plans to put out 20 more coins as part of the Football Kings series.
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