Poland: Amber Route - 17.5g .999 Silver Coin - 1$ Niue 2026
 
This coin is a issue of 9 from the Amer Route Series, also inlcuded:
Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Czechia, Poland, Germany, Ukraine
 
A Polish chapter in the journey along the Amber Route
Original design featuring natural amber
History written by nature
 
This time, the route leads to the lands of present-day Poland – the most important source of Baltic gold. The coin depicts a spear-bearing warrior watching over an elderly gatherer. At their feet stands a wicker basket filled with the gold of the North. Natural amber holds a replica of a denarius of Emperor Antoninus Pius. In the background, wooden buildings and a watchtower accompany a stylised map evoking the ancient geography of these lands: Mare Suebicum – the Baltic Sea, Vistula – the route’s main artery – and Calisia, one of its most important trading centres.
 
“Whoever possessed amber, in a way possessed a fragment of the sun.”
Prof. Janusz Czebreszuk, on ancient perceptions of amber