5 Zlotych, first issue of 1794
10 Zlotych, first issue of 1794
25 Zlotych, first issue of 1794
50 Zlotych, first issue of 1794
100 Zlotych, first issue of 1794
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth first issued złotych banknotes in 1794 under the authority of Tadeusz Kościuszko. The 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 złotych are depicted above. A 500 and 1,000 złotych were issued but are very rare.

This a list of historical coins and banknotes of Poland.

Before the 20th century

Polish coins and banknotes
Unit (ZŁ)ObverseReverse
Coins (Kingdom of Poland)
Banknotes (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth)
4 zł
Banknotes (Duchy of Warsaw)
Coins (1815-1850)
2 zł
5 zł
Banknotes (1850-1917)

20th-century and interwar

Polish coins and banknotes
Unit (ZŁ)ObverseReverse
Banknotes (1917-1924)
12 mark
10 marks
50 marks
100 marks
Banknotes (1924-1939)
10 gr
2 zł (1936)
5 zł (1930)
10 zł (1929)
20 zł (1929)
20 zł (1931)
20 zł (1936)
50 zł (1929)
50 zł (1936)
100 zł (1934)
Banknotes (1939-1944)
1 zł (1940)
1 zł (1941)
2 zł (1941)
5 zł (1940)
5 zł (1941)
10 zł (1940)
20 zł (1940)
50 zł (1940)
50 zł (1941)
100 zł (1940)
100 zł (1941)
500 zł (1940)

Coins

1924 - See Dziennik Ustaw 1924-045

Post-WWII

Polish coins and banknotes
ImageUnit (ZŁ)ObverseReverse
Banknotes (1945-1950)
20 zł
100 zł
500 zł
1000 zł

1950-currency reform

Series of 1948

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
ImageValueDimensionsDescriptionDate of
ObverseReverseObverseReversefirst printingissuewithdrawallapse
2 zł 120 mm × 58 mm Face value The design of the (then) future NBP building at Warsaw Uprising 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
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Series of 1974

1974 Series
ImageValueDimensionsColourObverseReversePrinted
10 zł 139 x 63 mm Bluish green Józef Bem Indication of value 1982
20 zł Multicoloured Romuald Traugutt Indication of value 1982
50 zł Green Karol Świerczewski Grunwald Cross Medal 1975
100 zł Red Ludwik Waryński "Proletaryat" (19th century Polish socialist party) 1975
200 zł Violet Jarosław Dąbrowski Monument to the Dead (of the Paris Commune) by Paul Moreau-Vauthier in the Père Lachaise Cemetery 1976
500 zł Brown Tadeusz Kościuszko "Żywią i Bronią" (They feed and defend), flag of Polish soldiers in Kraków during the Kościuszko Uprising 1974
1000 zł Blue Nicolaus Copernicus Heliocentric Solar System 1975
2000 zł Brown Mieszko I Bolesław I the Brave 1977
5000 zł Green Frédéric Chopin Polonaise notes 1982
10 000 zł Green and violet Stanisław Wyspiański Kraków 1988
20 000 zł Orange Maria Skłodowska-Curie Nuclear reactor "Ewa" near Warsaw 1989
50 000 zł Brown Stanisław Staszic The Staszic Palace in Warsaw 1989
100 000 zł Blue Stanisław Moniuszko Teatr Wielki, Warsaw 1990
200 000 zł Brown Coat of arms Warsaw 1989
500 000 zł Blue and brown Henryk Sienkiewicz "Trilogy" 1990
1 000 000 zł Light brown Władysław Reymont Country landscape 1991
2 000 000 zł Multicoloured Ignacy Jan Paderewski The 1919 Coat of arms of Poland 1992
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimeter, a standard for world banknotes.

See also

References

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