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20 Groszy Trial Strike Brass
| Issuer | Poland |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Weight | 3.50 g |
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| Obverse description | The crowned Polish eagle displayed with wings spread wide occupies the central field, rendered in a bold, stylised Art Deco manner with feathered wing tips curling outward and talons clutching below. A circular legend surrounds the device, reading POLSKA RZECZPOSPOLITA, with the date 1923 positioned at the top between two ornamental stops. Designer's initials W and J appear flanking the eagle in the lower field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 20 GROSZY |
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Poland's monetary reconstruction after World War I and the collapse of three occupying empires left the new republic experimenting extensively with alloys and denominations through the early 1920s. This brass trial strike for the 20 Groszy was part of that broader testing process — the production coinage ultimately went to nickel, making brass survivors from the pattern phase genuinely scarce documents of an indecisive mint year.