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10 Zlotych Karol Świerczewski, Trial Strike
| Issuer | Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska) |
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| Year | 1967 |
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| Diameter | 28 mm |
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| Reverse description | Left-facing bust portrait of General Karol Świerczewski in military uniform and peaked cap, with a medal visible at his chest. The circular legend GEN. KAROL ŚWIERCZEWSKI WALTER runs along the upper rim, while the dates 1897-1947 appear in the lower field. The word PRÓBA (trial) is inscribed vertically to the right of the portrait, and the engraver's initials WK are placed at the lower field. |
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| Mint | (MW) Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska), Warsaw, Poland (1766-date) |
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Świerczewski — known by his Spanish Civil War nom de guerre "General Walter" — was a Soviet-trained officer whose postwar mythology was constructed almost entirely by the Polish communist state. When he was killed in a likely UB-staged ambush near Jabłonki in March 1947, the regime had its martyr. This trial strike precedes the circulating issue by a year, produced as part of Mennica Polska's standard approval process before final dies were authorized for full production.
The nickel composition here differs from some parallel trials struck in cupro-nickel for comparison testing.