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1000 Zlotych 40th Anniversary of United Nations, Trial Strike
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Value | 1000 Zlotys (1000 Złotych) (1000 PLZ) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a large dove of peace in profile facing left, carrying an olive branch in its beak, rendered in finely detailed relief against a proof-quality mirror field. Below the dove, the emblem of the United Nations — a polar azimuthal projection of the globe encircled by olive branches — is prominently depicted in the lower portion of the coin. The inscription '40 LAT ONZ' (40 Years of the United Nations) appears to the upper right of the dove in two lines, and the word 'PRÓBA' (trial/pattern) is incused vertically along the left inner border, identifying this piece as a trial strike. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Trial strikes — próby in Polish numismatic nomenclature — occupy a peculiar bureaucratic space in Polish People's Republic coinage. They were produced as internal approval pieces, sometimes in small runs of fifty or fewer, before a design was authorized for circulation or commemorative release. Whether the standard issue proceeded after this trial is the more pressing question: the 1985 UN anniversary series was part of a broader program of hard-currency commemoratives the NBP used to generate foreign exchange, not domestic spending money.
The .750 fineness is slightly lower than the .925 used in Polish collector issues of the same decade — worth noting when authenticating against contemporaneous pieces.