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10 Zlotych Tadeusz Kościuszko with próba read from down to up, Trial Strike
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland) |
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| Year | 1958 |
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| Composition | Nickel |
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| Reverse description | Left-facing bust of Tadeusz Kościuszko occupies the central field, depicted in military attire with characteristic period costume including a high collar and cravat, his long hair falling to his shoulders in the late 18th-century style. Flanking sprigs of stylized foliage appear to either side of the portrait. The denomination 10 ZŁOTYCH is inscribed in bold letters across the lower portion of the field. The word PRÓBA (trial/pattern) appears vertically along the right inner border, reading from bottom to top. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Poland's 1958 coinage program produced several trial strikes as the NBP evaluated designs and compositions before committing to circulation issues. This particular próba — the word stamped with an orientation inverted from the norm — almost certainly reflects an error or deliberate test in die alignment rather than an approved variant. Whether the reversed text was intentional as a control mark or a production anomaly that slipped through quality checks has never been definitively settled in the numismatic literature.
Kościuszko trials from this period survive in very small numbers, most traceable to the mint's own archives.