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20 Zlotys Łódź Riots, Trial Strike
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse lettering | POLSKA RZECZPOSPOLITA LUDOWA 19 80 mw • ZŁ 20 ZŁ • |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The 1980 Łódź riots — a wave of strikes by textile workers demanding wage increases and better conditions — were among the early convulsions that preceded the Solidarity movement's formal rise that same year. A commemorative issue was approved, then pulled. This trial strike survives as evidence of that reversal: the Polish state began the minting process, thought better of it, and the regular issue was scrapped before reaching circulation.
The copper-nickel trial attribution across KM, ParM, and Fischer references confirms genuine pattern status rather than a later fantasy piece.