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500 Zlotys Casimir III the Great
| Issuer | Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska) |
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| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1987 MW - proof - 8,000 |
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Casimir III — the only Polish king history appended "the Great" to — died in 1370 after a hunting accident, leaving no legitimate male heir and ending the Piast dynasty after over four centuries. This 1987 issue falls within the late communist-era commemorative program through which the Polish People's Republic produced silver collector coins with conspicuous nationalist content, an ideological awkwardness the state apparently never resolved: celebrating medieval monarchy while officially committed to Marxist-Leninist doctrine.
The .750 fineness places it below standard sterling, a specification Mennica Polska used consistently across this series to reduce silver costs during a period of chronic hard-currency shortages.