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10 Zlotys Bolesław Prus, Trial Strike
| Issuer | Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska) |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Currency | Third Zloty (1949-1994) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | · BOLESŁAW · PRUS · 1847 - 1912 PRÓBA |
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Trial strikes from Mennica Polska in the mid-1970s occupy an awkward documentary space — produced for internal approval and circulation studies, rarely released, and almost never appearing in contemporary official records. The Bolesław Prus 10 Złotych was part of a broader Polish commemorative program that expanded sharply under Gierek's government, which used cultural iconography on coinage as a soft projection of national identity during a period of heavy Soviet economic dependency.
Prus himself died in 1912, making the 1975 issue a loose centenary of nothing specific — likely pegged to a publishing anniversary or institutional commemoration rather than a biographical milestone.