Bank Polski was reestablished in 1919 to anchor the currency of a newly reconstituted Polish state, and by 1922 the institution was actively commissioning trial strikes to evaluate designs and compositions for circulating coinage. This silver piefort-adjacent trial, struck without a face value in the field, reflects the experimental phase before the Mark-denominated series was finalized — a process complicated by the fact that Polish Marks were already suffering inflationary pressure that would render the denomination nearly worthless within two years.
The absence of a nominal on the trial was likely deliberate, allowing the design to be assessed independent of a denomination that the monetary authorities suspected might not survive long enough to matter.
Bank Polski was reestablished in 1919 to anchor the currency of a newly reconstituted Polish state, and by 1922 the institution was actively commissioning trial strikes to evaluate designs and compositions for circulating coinage. This silver piefort-adjacent trial, struck without a face value in the field, reflects the experimental phase before the Mark-denominated series was finalized — a process complicated by the fact that Polish Marks were already suffering inflationary pressure that would render the denomination nearly worthless within two years.
The absence of a nominal on the trial was likely deliberate, allowing the design to be assessed independent of a denomination that the monetary authorities suspected might not survive long enough to matter.