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1000 Zlotys Casimir III the Great, Trial Strike
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Diameter | 32 mm |
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| Obverse description | The Polish imperial eagle with wings spread, displayed facing, occupies the central field, rendered in high relief against a mirrored proof background. The date 1987 is divided by the eagle's body, with '19' to the left and '87' to the right, and the mint mark 'MW' appears beneath the eagle's talons. The denomination '1000' in large numerals is inscribed at the base of the field, flanked on either side by the abbreviation 'ZŁ'. The circular legend 'POLSKA RZECZPOSPOLITA LUDOWA' arcs along the upper periphery in Latin characters. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Casimir III — the only Polish king history has called "the Great" — died in 1370 without a legitimate male heir, ending the Piast dynasty after over four centuries. This trial strike is part of a broader commemorative program the NBP ran through the 1980s, issuing collector pieces during a period when Poland's official currency was effectively fictional: the złoty was inconvertible, black-market exchange rates ran ten to twenty times the official rate, and hard-currency Pewex stores rendered the coins themselves largely ceremonial.
Trial strikes of this type were produced in limited numbers for approval purposes and differ from the circulation or proof issues in surface finish and sometimes alloy batch.