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200 000 Zlotys Kosciuszko Insurrection, Trial Strike
| Issuer | Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska) |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Reverse description | The central design features a portrait medallion of Tadeusz Kościuszko in profile, facing left, rendered in a neoclassical style within an oval cartouche decorated with a banner inscribed ŻYWIĄ I BRONIĄ. The medallion is flanked by crossed military arms including a scythe and a cannon, with a laurel branch and scrolled documents arranged in the lower field. The circular legend 200 ROCZNICA POWSTANIA KOŚCIUSZKOWSKIEGO arcs along the upper periphery. The dates 1794-1994 are inscribed along the lower border, and the word PRÓBA (trial/proof) appears prominently above the central medallion, confirming the trial strike status of this piece. |
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| Mintage | 1994 MW - Próba - 500 |
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Trial strikes from Mennica Polska in the 1990s occupy an awkward category — neither proof issues nor rejected designs, but internal test pieces produced to verify die alignment, metal flow, and press calibration before full production runs. This particular piece commemorates the Kościuszko Insurrection of 1794, the Polish uprising led by Tadeusz Kościuszko against the partitioning powers of Russia and Prussia that ultimately failed and precipitated the Third Partition — the one that erased Poland from the map of Europe for 123 years.
The nickel composition distinguishes it from the issued version. Fischer and ParM catalog it as a pattern; surviving examples are rarely duplicated in institutional holdings.