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5 Zloty Pattern

Issuer Poland
Year 1936
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Value 5 Zlotys (5 Złotych)
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Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering 5 ZŁOTYCH 5
(Translation: 5 zlotys 5)
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Additional information

This iron pattern was struck in 1936 as part of Poland's search for a cheaper coinage alloy during a period of sustained fiscal austerity following the Great Depression. The Second Polish Republic's mint experimented with ferrous compositions for several denominations around this time, though none entered circulation — iron's susceptibility to corrosion made it impractical for everyday use, and the trials were quietly abandoned.

Surviving examples are institutional rarities, most traceable to the Warsaw Mint's own archives.

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