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1 Zloty Oak leaves, Trial Strike Ni
| Issuer | Mennica Państwowa (State Mint of Poland) |
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| Year | 1958 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the Polish People's Republic state eagle — a stylised, spread-winged white eagle facing right, rendered without a crown in accordance with communist-era heraldic conventions — centrally positioned in the field. The eagle's talons grip a decorative foliate base. The circular legend POLSKA RZECZPOSPOLITA LUDOWA arcs around the upper periphery, while the date 1958 appears in the lower portion of the field flanked by two raised dots. The design was engraved by Wojciech Jastrzębowski and exhibits a bold, modernist relief characteristic of mid-20th century Polish mint work. |
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| Obverse lettering | POLSKA RZECZPOSPOLITA LUDOWA • 1958 • |
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Poland's postwar coinage underwent a prolonged redesign process through the late 1950s, with the State Mint producing numerous trial strikes in alternative compositions before final specifications were approved. This nickel trial for the oak leaf zloty — ultimately issued in aluminum — survives in tiny numbers, most examples having been melted or retained in official mint archives. The switch away from nickel was almost certainly economic: nickel was scarce and expensive in the Soviet bloc, and aluminum offered a practical substitute for low-denomination circulation coinage.
Fischer and ParM references both list this as a pattern rather than a rejected prototype, suggesting it reached a formal approval stage before being set aside.