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BATTLE OF WARSAW. 1920.
The Battle of Warsaw was the decisive battle of the Polish-Soviet War. That war began soon after the end of World War I in 1918 and lasted until the Treaty of Riga resulted in the end of the hostilities between Poland and the Soviet Union in 1921.
The battle was fought from August 12 – 25, 1920 as Red Army forces commanded by Mikhail Tukhachevsky approached the Polish capital of Warsaw and nearby Modlin Fortress. On August 16, Polish forces commanded by Józef Piłsudski counterattacked from the south, disrupting the enemy's offensive, forcing the Russian forces into a disorganised withdrawal eastward and behind the Neman River. Estimated Soviet losses were 10,000 killed, 500 missing, 30,000 wounded, and 66,000 taken prisoner, compared with Polish losses of some 4,500 killed, 10,000 missing, and 22,000 wounded.
Before the Polish victory at the Vistula, both the Bolsheviks and the majority of foreign experts considered Poland to be on the verge of defeat. The stunning, unexpected Polish victory crippled the Bolshevik forces. In Vladimir Lenin's words, the Bolsheviks "suffered an enormous defeat". In the following months, several more Polish follow-up victories saved Poland's independence and led to a peace treaty with the Soviet Union later that year, securing the Polish state's eastern frontiers for the next twenty years.

In the illustration – a fragment of the Polish-Soviet border after the Polish-Soviet War with West Ukrainian lands that went to Poland.

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Denomination: 2 Zloty Year: 2010 Material: Aluminum-copper-zinc alloy Description: Commemorative coin '90th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw'. Obverse: An image of the Eagle established as the State Emblem of the Republic of Poland. On the sides of the Eagle, the notation of the year of issue: 20 – 10. Below the Eagle, an inscription: ZŁ 2 ZŁ in the rim, an inscription: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA, preceded and followed by six pearls. The Mint’s mark: M/W, under the Eagle’s left leg. Reverse: In the center, a stylized image of a border post, with the Polish state emblem as appeared during the Polish-Soviet War. Against the background of the border post, at the bottom, a stylized image of a soldier on horseback, holding a lance with a pennant. To the left of the border post, an inscription: EUROPA (Europe); to the right, an image of a fragment of a hammer and a sickle. On the left-hand side, a semicircular inscription: BITWA WARSZAWSKA 1920 (BATTLE OF WARSAW 1920). At the bottom, to the right, a semicircular inscription: 90. ROCZNICA (90TH ANNIVERSARY). Diameter – 27 mm, weight – 8.15 g., edge plain with the inscription, NBP, repeated eight times, every second one inverted by 180 degrees, separated by stars. Put in circulation since August 9, 2010. Mintage: 1 200 000. The coin was struck at the National Bank of Poland. Country or town: Poland

Denomination: 20 Zloty Year: 2010 Material: Silver Description: Commemorative coin '90th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw'. Obverse: On the right-hand side, an image of the Eagle established as the state emblem of the Republic of Poland. Below the Eagle, an inscription: 20 ZŁ. To the left of the Eagle, a perpendicular inscription: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA 2010 (REPUBLIC OF POLAND 2010). On the left-hand side, against the background of a stylized fragment of a map, an image of the face of Józef Piłsudski in profile. At the bottom, an inscription: 15.VIII.1920 r. The mint’s mark: M/W under the Eagle’s left leg. Reverse: On the left-hand side, an inscription: 1920. To the right of the inscription, a perpendicular inscription: 90. ROCZNICA BITWY WARSZAWSKIEJ (90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF WARSAW). On the right-hand side, a stylized image of a Polish soldier with a rifle, against the background of a fragment of a painting by Jerzy Kossak 'Cud nad Wislą' ('The Miracle on the Vistula'). 925/1000 standard silver, weight – 28.28 g., diameter – 38.61 mm. Paint: different shades of white, red, green, blue, brown and gray. Put in circulation since August 12, 2010. Mintage: 50 000. The coin was struck at the National Bank of Poland. FMM hasn't got this coin yet. Country or town: Poland

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