See also: Polish złoty. This is a list of historical coins and banknotes of Poland.
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| Coins (Kingdom of Poland) | |||||
| Banknotes (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) | |||||
| 4 zł | |||||
| Banknotes (Duchy of Warsaw) | |||||
| Coins (1815-1850) | |||||
| 2 zł | |||||
| 5 zł | |||||
| Banknotes (1850-1917) |
1924 - See Dziennik Ustaw 1924-045
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| Banknotes (1945-1950) | ||||||
| http://coinsbanknotespictures.blogspot.com/2010/06/poland-paper-money-20-zlotych-1947-issue.html | 20 zł | |||||
| http://coinsbanknotespictures.blogspot.com/2010/06/poland-paper-money-100-zlotych-1947.html | 100 zł | |||||
| http://coinsbanknotespictures.blogspot.com/2010/06/rare-poland-paper-money-500-zlotych.html | 500 zł | |||||
| http://coinsbanknotespictures.blogspot.com/2010/06/rare-poland-paper-money-1000-zlotych.html | 1000 zł |
The banknotes of the series of 1948 were designed by Polish painter and decorative artist Wacław Borowski. The introduction of these notes was part of the currency reform of 1950,[1] so the banknotes had to be printed quickly and in secrecy; so printing works in Poland (PWPW), Czechoslovakia (STC), Hungary (Pénzjegynyomda), Sweden (Riksbankens Sedeltryckeri), and Canada (British American Bank Note Company Ltd.) were involved.
| Series of 1948 | ||||||||||
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| Image | Value | Dimensions | Description | Date of | ||||||
| Obverse | Reverse | Obverse | Reverse | first printing | issue | withdrawal | lapse | |||
| 2 zł | 120 mm × 58 mm | Face value | The design of the (then) future NBP building at Warsaw Insurgents Square in Warsaw | 1 July 1948 | 30 October 1950 | 1 January 1960 | 30 June 1960 | |||
| 5 zł | 142 mm × 67 mm | Face value | Farmer plowing a field with a tractor | |||||||
| 10 zł | 148 mm × 70 mm | Portrait of a peasant (inspired by Mateusz Jóźwiak, the creator of cast printing matrices at PWPW) | Peasants loading sheaves to a ladder wagon. | 31 December 1965 | 30 June 1966 | |||||
| 20 zł | 160 mm × 76 mm | Portrait of a woman in kerchief (nicknamed "Anielka"; the portrait was supposedly inspired by Helena Michalik (née Bujak), who was a friend of Wacław Borowski)[2] [3] | Kraków Cloth Hall | 30 June 1977 | 31 December 1977 | |||||
| 50 zł | 164 mm × 78 mm | Portrait of a fisherman | Port of Gdynia | 30 June 1978 | 31 December 1978 | |||||
| 100 zł | 172 mm × 82 mm | Portrait of a worker (a so-called "Pstrowski"; portrait inspired by Bronisław Tomaszewski, who was a driver at PWPW) | View of a factory with smoking chimneys (probably Łódź) | 30 June 1977 | 31 December 1977 | |||||
| 500 zł | 178 mm × 85 mm | Portrait of a miner in helmet | Underground mining scene | 31 December 1977 | 30 June 1978 | |||||