Poland 10 Zlotych 2009 Female crying - Silver

Obverse: At the bottom right side there is the image of the eagle from the official national emblem of the Republic of Poland. At the top right side there is the year of the issue: 2009. In the center there is the portrait of Czesław Niemen. To the left there is a perpendicular inscription: NIEMEN/CZESŁAW. Next to it, there is a perpendicular inscription directed to the opposite side: RZECZPOSPOLITA. At the bottom left side there is an inscription: POLSKA 10 ZŁ. There is the mint mark under the eagle’s left leg. Reverse: An image of the cover of the album “Katharsis”, featuring a crying woman with her face in her hands. At the top there is a cover inscription: N.AE./KATHARSIS. To the left, against the cover, there is a perpendicular inscription: HISTORIA POLSKIEJ. An inscription at the bottom, against the cover: MUZYKI ROZRYWKOWEJ. Coin designer: Robert Kotowicz Czesław Niemen (born Czesław Juliusz Wydrzycki, 1939–2004), an illustrious Polish composer, instrumentalist and singer, considered to be one of the most important representatives of the Polish popular music. At first his interests centred on beat and soul music, then on rock, progressive, jazz-rock and electronic music. His musical ouvre is extensive as well as stylistically and generically varied; it ranges from popular songs to sophisticated and complex compositions, from big beat to rock avant-garde, from the so-called “pure music” to works used as soundtrack in films and theatrical plays. He published tens of records; some of his songs are now evergreens. Niemen was also engaged in the production of recordings, both from the technical and musical point of view. He was also an excellent columnist – for many years he wrote texts for “Tylko Rock” music magazine. Finally, he was a talented computer graphics artist.