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On September 14, the Bank of Poland issues a coin commemorating the "Centennial of the Port of Gdynia", the largest port in Poland.
Under the Treaty of Versailles, Poland was granted a narrow strip of coastline (about 140 km, including the Hel peninsula) and the right to use the port of Gdańsk. However, in practice, due to Gdańsk's special status as a free city, it was not possible to fully utilize the existing port for Poland's military and commercial needs. In 1920, a few months after Poland's Wedding with the Sea (a ceremony meant to symbolize the restored Polish access to the Baltic Sea that was lost in 1793), the Ministry of Military Affairs commissioned the engineer Tadeusz Wenda to designate a suitable place for the construction of the future port.
In June 1920, Tadeusz Wenda presented a report on the survey and observation of the coast. The convenient location of Gdynia, providing, among other things, for protection from the winds by the Hel Peninsula, the sufficient depth of the water on the shore and the proximity of the railway station, were the reasons for choosing this particular place. . After that, things moved pretty quickly. In two years (1921-1923), the Temporary Military Port and the Fishermen's Shelter were built. At the same time, in 1921, Wenda prepared the concept of the port with a loading capacity of 6 million tons.
A year later, on September 23, 1922, the Diet of the Republic of Poland passed the Law on the construction of the port of Gdynia. Article 1 of the document reads as follows: "The Government is authorized to take the necessary measures to carry out the construction of the seaport of Gdynia, in Pomerania, as a port of public utility." The date of approval of the Law is recognized as the formal start of the Port of Gdynia.
The obverse of this 20 złotych coin depicts a map of the port of Gdynia. The plan in the form of a colored photocopy from the collection of the Gdynia City Museum, made by Leon Wilbik on the basis of Tadeusz Wenda's design. The map was probably drawn up around 1936. It shows the state of the port in that year, as well as the Industrial Canal (which was ultimately not built), some of the port's warehouses, as well as the breakwaters and docks whose construction was planned for later years.
The reverse shows the bust of Tadeusz Wenda reproduced from photographs taken in 1918, which are deposited in the collection of the Gdynia City Museum.
Characteristics of the coin
Country Poland
Design Dominika Karpińska-Kopiec
Year 2022
Face value 2 zlotych
Metal 925 silver
Weight 28.28g
Diameter 38.61mm
Quality BU
Roll 12,000
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