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200 000 Zlotys Barcelona Olympics, Trial Strike
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Reference(s) | Fischer Po#P407, ParM#P637 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a male weightlifter in a deep squat position, hoisting a loaded barbell overhead, rendered in finely detailed relief against a plain field. The scene references the XXV Summer Olympiad held in Barcelona in 1992. The curved inscription IGRZYSKA XXV OLIMPIADY BARCELONA arcs along the upper periphery in Latin script. The year 1992 appears in the lower right field, while the word PRÓBA, denoting trial or pattern status, is inscribed vertically along the right inner border. The engraver's mark E is positioned at lower left. |
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| Reverse lettering | IGRZYSKA XXV OLIMPIADY BARCELONA PRÓBA 1992 E |
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Trial strikes from the NBP's 1991 Olympic program were produced to test die alignment and planchet tolerances before committing to the gold and silver collector issues. This nickel example — struck on a planchet approximating the weight and diameter of the intended production coin — would never have entered circulation or been sold to the public. Most were retained by the mint or submitted to approval committees, which is why survivors appear almost exclusively through Eastern European specialist auctions or old institutional collections.