COIN OF POLAND 350th ANNIVERSARY OF SIEGE OF JASNA GORA IN CZESTOCHOWA You are invited to bid on a 2 zlote coin of Poland commemorating the 350th anniversary of defence of Jasna Gora in Czestochowa during Swedish Delude. Metal: (Golden Nordic) CuAl5Zn5Sn1 Dia: 27 mm Weight: 8.15 g This coin was minted in August 2010 and is in mint condition. T he Siege of Jasna Góra (also known less accurately as the Battle of Częstochowa) took place in the winter of 1655 during the Second Northern War, or 'The Deluge' — as the Swedish invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is known. The Swedes were attempting to capture the Jasna Gora monastery in Czestochowa . Their month-long siege, however, was unsuccessful, as a small force consisting of monks from the Jasna Góra monastery led by their Prior and supported by local volunteers, mostly from the szlachta (Polish nobility), fought off the numerically superior Germans (who were hired by Sweden), saved their sacred icon, the Black Madonna of Częstochowa and, according to some accounts, turned the course of the war.
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