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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;torontokuba, post: 2017311, member: 56793&quot;]UPDATE: (for those interested)... over the past weeks and months, discussions and links on various forums revealed several instances where test samples from the Royal Mint, with 2013 on them, were available for show in pictures and briefly available at auctions. Auctions were pulled and people were questioned as to how they came into possession of these 2013 test samples. The most logical and frequently used explanation was that they got them back in change from vending machines of all types, which were tested with these samples. The original intent was not to have them circulate. I guess they decided otherwise, to eliminate speculation and reduce the number of man hours that would be required to retrieve any 2013 samples that were among the general public. The announcement to release the 2013 test samples into circulation is available on the NBP website...</p><p><br /></p><p>Rough translation...</p><p><span style="color: #808080"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #808080"><i>Coming out against the expectations of collectors, NBP informs that starting on Nov. 7th, 2014 it will begin releasing into circulation 1, 2 and 5 groszy coins from 2013, that are brass plated steel (this composition was only produced by the Royal Mint, so far).</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #808080"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #808080"><i>All interested will be able to acquire the above mentioned coins in the check-outs at the 16 District NBP Branches, only when purchasing collector coins or banknotes (basically you can ask for them as change after purchase, you can&#039;t just pop in to ask for change without purchase).</i></span></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/aktualnosci/wiadomosci_2014/1-2-5-groszy.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/aktualnosci/wiadomosci_2014/1-2-5-groszy.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/aktualnosci/wiadomosci_2014/1-2-5-groszy.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Even at a mintage of 1 000 000 for each denomination, it is a nice surprise for collectors. Now they can legally have and keep their Royal Mint issued finds from 2013. Normal mintage figures for these three denominations range from lowest 48 000 000 (for the 5gr coins) to highest 375 000 000 ( for the 1gr coins) per year. In other words, this is a really nice treat.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mintage figures...</p><p><a href="http://nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/monety_obiegowe/naklady_emisji.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/monety_obiegowe/naklady_emisji.html" rel="nofollow">http://nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/monety_obiegowe/naklady_emisji.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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