100 Zlotys Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Trial Strike right

Paderewski had been dead for over thirty years when the Polish Mint began producing this series of trial strikes in the mid-1970s, testing dies and alloys before committing to final production specifications. The "right" designation distinguishes the portrait orientation from a simultaneously produced leftward-facing variant — both trials exist, neither was adopted unchanged for circulation. Mennica Polska ran parallel trials in multiple metals during this period, which is why nickel examples surface alongside copper and silver strikes bearing identical reference types.