Auctions of old coins cause a lot of excitement on the Internet. As it turns out, some of them are worth much more than they were originally. Coins from the Polish People's Republic deserve special attention. What exactly is this about?
A coin from the Polish People's Republic worth over PLN 30,000. zloty
In May last year, the Marciniak Auction House organized an auction during which a 10 groszy coin from 1973 was auctioned. The record from 2020 was broken, when a rare specimen of this coin, without a mint mark, was auctioned for PLN 29.9 thousand. zlotys.
However, during last year's auction price coins amounted to 33 thousand PLN, which together with the auction fee cost the buyer over PLN 38,000. PLN – according to information provided by Marciniak Auction House. After the auction, it became the most expensive coin from the Polish People's Republic.
– These coins can only be in advanced or non-advanced collections (…). If you have a collection from your father, grandfather or childhood, this may be one of these coins 10 groszy without a mark. This is a trial, specimen issuewho was in wrestling National Bank of Polandwhich they collected in a pool sold to companies, but was not put into circulation. Very rare and costs a lot of money – pointed out the representative of the Numismatics Office, D. Marciniak, on the website YouTube.
What coins from the Polish People's Republic are valuable?
Extremely rare coins also include:incl. 20 PLN from 1984 or the so-called fisherman from 1958, worth five zlotys at the time. The price of a given coin depends primarily on its condition, mintage level, market availability, year of production and possible rare defects.