First rulers of Poland – Piast dynasty.

So here we have the Polish zloty, nominal - 2. The year of issue of this coin is 2006. Mint: Warsaw, Poland. Total circulation – 1.000.000.

Piast Dynasty, first ruling family of Poland. According to a 12th-century legend, when Prince Popiel of Gnesen (now Gniezno) died, in the second half of the 9th century, he was succeeded by Siemowit, the son of the prince’s plowman, Piast, thus founding a dynasty that ruled the Polish lands until 1370. (The name Piast was not applied to the dynasty until the 17th century.)

By 963 Mieszko I (reigned c. 963–992), probably the fourth prince of the Piast line, was ruling a highly developed, if somewhat isolated, political community in the territories later known as Great Poland and possibly also in Mazovia. Mieszko brought his state into closer association with western Europe, converted it to Christianity (966), and expanded it to include Pomerania (Polish Pomorze) on the Baltic Sea (967–990) as well as Silesia and Little Poland (989–992).

His son Bolesław I the Brave (reigned 992–1025) continued the country’s expansion, strengthened its internal administration and church organization, and was crowned its king shortly before his death.