Help ID a strange foreign coin i found today

gxray

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I found a coin today dated 1931...it's slightly larger than a modern penny...on one side it says 5 GROSZV and on the other side is an eagle, above the eagle is the date 1931 , and all around the perimeter is a bunch of letters ,,,,looks like Austrian or Czech or some other eastern european language...I would take a pic but my old digital camera doesnt have that good of resolution for tiny details. Any help identifying this coin would be greatly appreciated. Also , there appears to be a slight defect near the edge of the coin.

Thanks and HH everyone.
 

Here's a 1931 5 groszy of Poland.
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gxray said:
...I would take a pic but my old digital camera doesnt have that good of resolution for tiny details.
Hello gxray. Welcome to TN. Actually those large old cameras are good for closeups if you have a macro setting. (flower icon) Something about the lens being further away from the case or something. My old 1.3 megapixel is more than sufficient resolution to post here.
 

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you guys are fast ...and the greatest....by the time i had googled groszv and realized it was polish and googled polish money and found this site http://images.google.com/imgres?img...firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=X you guys had already posted the info and the pics ,,,,less than 10 mins ,,,thanx all for the help ....i love this site and i love metal detecting...the pic posted here by PBK is the exact coin i found
 

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THESE GUYS ARE GOOD. YES IT IS A 5 GROSZY FROM POLAND. IT'S BRONZE AND WORTH .50 IN F CONDITION. IT WAS MINTED IN WARSAW.
 

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is it possible the mint defect could move that decimal point to the right a few notches?...lol
 

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