200 Zlotys Kazimierz Odnowiciel, Trial Strike

Kazimierz Odnowiciel — Casimir the Restorer — rebuilt the Polish state after the pagan uprisings and Bohemian invasion of the 1030s nearly erased it entirely. His selection for a 1980 commemorative was pointed: the communist government routinely mined medieval Piast dynasty rulers for nationalist legitimacy it couldn't generate on its own merits.

Trial strikes of this type were produced in limited quantities for internal approval and are distinguished from the issued version by composition — the production coin was struck in .625 silver. The Fischer catalog records this specifically as variant P272b.