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20 000 Zlotys Sigismund I the Old bust, Trial Strike
| Issuer | Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska) |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Currency | Third Zloty (1949-1994) |
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| Obverse description | The Polish state eagle displayed at center, crowned with wings spread, facing forward in the national heraldic style. The legend RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA arcs along the upper periphery, with the date 1994 appearing in the field to the lower left of the eagle. The denomination ZŁ 20000 ZŁ is inscribed prominently in the lower field. The entire design is bordered by a beaded inner circle. |
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| Obverse lettering | RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA 1994 mw ZŁ 20000 ZŁ |
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Trial strikes from Mennica Polska in the early 1990s occupy an odd category — produced as internal die proofs and presentation pieces during a period when the Polish mint was simultaneously managing the tail end of Communist-era production schedules and retooling for a post-reform currency system. The 1994 zloty series sat at the very end of the old denomination structure, rendered obsolete the following year when redenomination replaced 10,000 old złotych with a single new złoty.
Sigismund I ruled Poland from 1506 to 1548 and oversaw the monetary reform of 1526 that unified coinage across the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. That this trial was struck in nickel rather than a precious metal reflects its purely technical, non-circulating purpose.