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5 Zlotys Trial Strike
| Issuer | Mennica Państwowa (Polish State Mint) |
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| Year | 1979 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the crowned Polish eagle displayed, rendered in relief at center, with wings spread and head turned to the right, serving as the state emblem of the Polish People's Republic. The eagle is depicted without the crown that had appeared on pre-communist coinage, in keeping with the PRL heraldic convention. The circular legend reads POLSKA RZECZPOSPOLITA LUDOWA, interrupted by raised dots serving as separators, with the mint mark MW and the date 1979 positioned at the bottom of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Trial strikes from Mennica Państwowa in the late 1970s were produced as internal approval pieces during the redesign cycle for circulating coinage — submitted to the National Bank of Poland for authorization before any production dies were committed. Most never left the mint through official channels. The handful that have surfaced in Western collections typically passed through the numismatic market during the 1980s and 1990s, when Polish state institutions quietly liquidated proof and pattern material for hard currency.