500 Francs Partridges - Jozef Chelmonski

Chełmoński captured a moment of stillness that heralds movement.

A flock of partridges — close-knit, alert — moves across the snow, as if the world were holding its breath for a split second.

This painting speaks not only of nature, but of attentiveness and the inevitability of motion.

The silver coin featuring this scene evokes an emotion hidden just beneath the surface — familiar to anyone who knows the feeling of waiting.