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1 Zloty Woman and Ears
| Issuer | Poland |
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| Year | 1924-1925 |
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| Currency | Second Zloty (1924-1949) |
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| Reverse description | A facing female bust, representing a Polish peasant woman, wearing a traditional folk headdress and depicted against a background of stylized wheat ears framing either side of the design. The denomination 1 ZŁOTY is inscribed in the lower portion of the field in bold raised letters. The overall composition reflects the agrarian symbolism prevalent in Polish coinage of the interwar Second Republic period. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Poland's return to silver coinage in 1924 followed the catastrophic hyperinflation that had rendered the earlier marka worthless — by 1923, the exchange rate had collapsed to roughly 6.4 million marks to the dollar. The zloty, introduced under the Grabski monetary reform of 1924, was pegged to the Swiss franc and backed by gold and foreign currency reserves, making this coin part of a deliberate stabilization program rather than a routine issue.
The Paris and Birmingham mints both contributed to production across the two-year run, with mintmarks distinguishing the sources.