Poland Telephone Tokens
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The Mintmark is below the post horn MW - Mennica Warszawska (Warsaw Mint) while tokens without the mintmark were minted in Kremnica city in Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
- The small A tokens are for local calls lasting three minutes; the larger C tokens for long distance calls.
- Type B and C tokens represented a multiple of type A tokens.
- A: 19mm, 1 unit
- B: 21mm, 5 units
- C: 25mm, 10 units
- "B" type tokens were withdrawn from circulation on February 15, 1992. All tokens type A, B, C were withdrawn from use on December 1, 2000 and were officially withdrawn from September 2001
- The nickel plated test tokens are known both with and without numbers punched (1 to 9 known
The crude tokens marked I, V, IX of various diameters and thickness and various diameters of holes, made of brass and aluminum, were used in 1980's when inflation was strong which stimulated
frequent changes of coins used in payphones. The tokens were used by coin payphones repair workers to check function after repair. Most of these were scrapped.
- See also Ministry of Post and Telegraphs (Poland) [1]
| Poland Telephone tokens | ||
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| Material | Brass | |
| Filename | POZ001 | |
| Description | POLSKA POCZTA TELEGRAF TELEFON 1990 | |
| Rev. | A | |
| Size (mm) | 19 | |
| Notes |  POZ001 varieties
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| Source | © malj1 Collection | |
| File:POZ004.jpg | ||
| Material | Nickel plated brass | |
| Filename | POZ004 | |
| Description | POLSKA POCZTA TELEGRAF TELEFON 1990 | |
| Rev. | A | |
| Size (mm) | 19 | |
| Notes | test token POZ004 varieties
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| Source | ||
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| Material | Brass | |
| Filename | POZ002 | |
| Description | POLSKA POCZTA TELEGRAF TELEFON 1990 | |
| Rev. | B | |
| Size (mm) | 21 | |
| Notes | POZ002 varieties
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| Source | © malj1 Collection | |
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| Material | Brass | |
| Filename | POZ003 | |
| Description | POLSKA POCZTA TELEGRAF TELEFON 1990 | |
| Rev. | C | |
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Notes | POZ003 varieties
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| Source | © malj1 Collection | |
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| Material | Nickel plated brass | |
| Filename | POZ006 | |
| Description | POLSKA POCZTA TELEGRAF TELEFON 1990 | |
| Rev. | C | |
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Notes | test token POZ006 varieties
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| Source | ||
| File:POZ007.jpg | ||
| Material | Brass | |
| Filename | POZ007 | |
| Description | V | |
| Rev. | blank with c/hole | |
| Size (mm) | nk (small) | |
| Notes | test token | |
| Source | ||
| File:POZ008.jpg | ||
| Material | Brass | |
| Filename | POZ008 | |
| Description | V | |
| Rev. | blank with c/hole | |
| Size (mm) | nk (large) | |
| Notes | test token | |
| Source | ||
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| Material | Brass | |
| Filename | POZ011 | |
| Description | IX | |
| Rev. | blank with c/hole | |
| Size (mm) | 24 | |
| Notes | test token POZ011 varieties
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| Source | © malj1 Collection | |
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| Material | Brass | |
| Filename | POZ012 | |
| Description | blank with c/hole | |
| Rev. | blank | |
| Size (mm) | 24 | |
| Notes | test token | |
| Source | © malj1 Collection | |
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| Material | Brass | |
| Filename | POZ009 | |
| Description | VA 1 | |
| Rev. | blank | |
| Size (mm) | 21 | |
| Notes | Used in Piotrków Region (call 2 złote 1975-1885) | |
| Source | © malj1 Collection | |
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| Material | Aluminium | |
| Filename | POZ010 | |
| Description | DOPiT WARSZAWA (100 incuse) = Warsaw Regional
Unit of Post and Telecommunication | |
| Rev. | DYR = Headquarters Post Office | |
| Size (mm) | 23 reeded | |
| Notes | Struck on blanks for 50 groszy coins | |
| Source | © malj1 Collection | |
