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5 Groszy Trial Strike Ag
| Issuer | Poland |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Reverse description | The denomination numeral '5' is prominently displayed in a large, ornate Art Deco script at the center of the field, accompanied by graceful foliate scroll motifs curling to either side of the numeral. Below, the word GROSZY is inscribed in bold capital letters, also in an Art Deco stylized typeface. The overall composition fills the field in a bold, decorative manner with no additional border ornament beyond the raised rim, reflecting the modernist graphic sensibility of the interwar Polish coinage design. |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 GROSZY |
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Poland's 1923 coinage program involved extensive trial striking in multiple metals before production compositions were finalized — the released 5 Groszy entered circulation in iron, not silver. This piece represents one of those working probes, struck at a point when the newly reconstituted Polish state was still negotiating the practical realities of postwar monetary infrastructure. The Paris and Birmingham mints were both involved in producing Polish coinage during this period, and attribution of specific trial pieces to one facility or the other remains contested among specialists.