1976 Poland 5 Zlotych With Red Enamel In The Field?
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Can someone help me why the red enamel is in the field?
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Probably because someone dipped it and it wore off the high points. You see a lot of US quarters with red enamel that were marked in the gaming industry back in the day.
Painted coins in the US back in the day were often "house money" used in jukeboxes, to be returned to the bartender/manager when the jukebox owner cleaned out the coinbox.
I doubt they had jukeboxes in communist Poland, but your coin could have been painted by anyone for any reason.
Why wouldn't they have jukeboxes?
I went to the Soviet Union in the same era and they did not look like they would have jukeboxes.
Their idea of a drink vending machine was a huge red contraption that dispensed fizzy water into a glass that was communally used.
They had things that were sort of similar to what we had but designed in an alternative universe.
I have no idea what accommodations they had for music but I doubt it was a Wulitzer knockoff.
The jukebox in a typical bar or diner was not owned by the owner of the establishment. When the jukebox wasn't being used, the owner of the establishment would "prime the pump" by using some red painted quarters to play a couple of songs. When the owner of the jukebox collected the quarters, he would pull out the red quarters and give them back to the owner of the establishment. Also, when Kennedy ran to be the first Roman Catholic US President, some people were concerned that the Pope could influence US policy. They protested by using red fingernail polish to paint a red skullcap on Washington quarters since the red skullcap is worn by Catholic clerics.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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I did a little research because I was curious.
Unitra fonica m-122 or m-123 [1970s vintage Poland jukebox] they did exist but I don't know how common they are.
Lucky Poles.
Maybe they had the same practice as their American counterparts.
It looks about what I'd expect. I wonder what kind of tunes were approved for playing in the Unitra fonica.
I would do more research but I lost interest. Lol