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300 000 Zlotys Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Trial Strike
| Issuer | National Bank of Poland |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA 1993 mw ZŁ 300000 ZŁ |
| Reverse description | A powerful allegorical composition depicting multiple raised human hands and fists emerging upward from a base of stone rubble, evoking the desperate resistance of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The figures are rendered in bold relief, conveying urgency and defiance. The circular legend 50 ROCZNICA POWSTANIA W GETCIE WARSZAWSKIM arcs along the upper periphery. The word PRÓBA, indicating trial or pattern status, appears in the right field, with a sequential number (NR) below it. The design is framed by a plain raised rim. |
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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of April 1943 — the largest single Jewish armed revolt of the Second World War — became a subject of Polish commemorative coinage decades after the fact, with the state-owned NBP issuing pieces marking the 50th anniversary in 1993. This trial strike in nickel precedes the approved issue and would not have entered circulation regardless; trial strikes of this type were produced for internal approval purposes, with composition and relief evaluated before the die was committed to a precious metal run.
The ParM and Fischer references confirm its documented status rather than being a private or unofficial piece. Nickel trial strikes from NBP's early 1990s commemorative program are genuinely scarce in any condition.