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100 Zlotys Ludwik Zamenhof, Trial Strike
| Issuer | Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska) |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Value | 100 Zlotys (100 Złotych) (100 PLZ) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A finely modelled right-facing bust portrait of Ludwik Łazarz Zamenhof, the Polish ophthalmologist and creator of the Esperanto language, dominates the central field. The subject is depicted as an elderly bespectacled gentleman with a prominent moustache and goatee beard, rendered with considerable sculptural relief and naturalistic detail. The name LUDWIK ZAMENHOF arcs along the upper periphery in spaced raised letters, while the birth and death years 1859 - 1917 are inscribed along the lower arc. The word PRÓBA, denoting trial or pattern status, appears in the right field adjacent to the bust. |
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Zamenhof, the Warsaw-born ophthalmologist who published the first Esperanto grammar in 1887, was selected for this commemorative as part of Poland's broader effort during the late 1970s to celebrate figures of Jewish heritage — a calculated cultural gesture given the state's complicated relationship with its decimated Jewish population. Trial strikes like this one were produced by Mennica Polska for internal approval purposes and rarely escaped official channels, which accounts for their extreme scarcity relative to the issued circulation pieces.
The .625 silver alloy used here differs from the fineness of the standard issued coin, a detail that distinguishes trial and proof presentation pieces in this series.