In Poland, poverty is the norm, but very nice coral beads can be found if you look real hard...I found these in a type of consignment shop where some unfortunate souls possibly had to put them for some extra money.......most of the coral I saw was imitation and was used in ethnic regalia, but real coral shows up every now and then, mostly family heirlooms I am assuming......BTW the Polish word for bead is Korale meaning Coral