Poland 1938 grosz

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71491

This specimen was lot 71491 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "POLAND. Grosz, 1938. Warsaw Mint. NGC MS-64 Red Brown. A charming red-brown Near Gem, this piece presents a good deal of radiating luster and only some lightly scattered spotting." This type was struck in Warsaw 1923-39 and is common.

Recorded mintage: 20,530,000.

Specification: 1.5 g, bronze, 14.7 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-Y8a.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• 1937 10 zlotych
• 1938 10 zlotych
• 1939 5 groszy
• Coins and currency dated 1938