Trial strikes from Mennica Polska in the late 1980s occupy an awkward archival position — produced for internal approval and distribution to select officials, they rarely entered any formal distribution channel and survive almost entirely in institutional or specialist collections. This piece preceded the business strike issue timed to the 1988 Seoul Games, Poland having maintained an active Olympic coinage program through the decade despite the country's broader economic deterioration under late communist rule.
The .750 silver specification distinguishes it from the finalized issue.
Trial strikes from Mennica Polska in the late 1980s occupy an awkward archival position — produced for internal approval and distribution to select officials, they rarely entered any formal distribution channel and survive almost entirely in institutional or specialist collections. This piece preceded the business strike issue timed to the 1988 Seoul Games, Poland having maintained an active Olympic coinage program through the decade despite the country's broader economic deterioration under late communist rule.
The .750 silver specification distinguishes it from the finalized issue.