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500 Zlotys Casimir III the Great, Trial Strike
| Issuer | Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska) |
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| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | The Polish state eagle displayed in the center of the field, rendered with spread wings, a crowned head, and detailed feather work in a high-relief sculptural style characteristic of the Polish People's Republic coinage. The date 1987 is divided across the lower portion of the eagle's body, with the mint mark MW below. The denomination ZŁ 500 ZŁ appears in large numerals along the lower rim. The circular legend POLSKA RZECZPOSPOLITA LUDOWA runs along the periphery, interrupted at the top by the eagle's crown. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Trial strikes from Mennica Polska in the late 1980s occupy an awkward institutional moment: the mint was producing proof and collector issues partly to generate hard currency for a state increasingly unable to service its foreign debt. This nickel trial for the 500 Złotych Casimir III piece was never intended for circulation — it exists as a technical proof of concept, struck to test die alignment, metal flow, and surface quality before commitments were made on final composition and planchet specifications.
Casimir III, the only Polish king to earn the epithet "the Great," died in 1370 without a legitimate male heir, ending the Piast dynasty after over four centuries.