Banknotes of the Polish People's Republic

Series of 1944-1945 banknotes

The first banknotes after the liberation of Poland were issued in accordance with the decree of the Polish National Liberation Committee of August 24, 1944. Initially, they were printed at the printing house of Goznak in Moscow . On these banknotes in denominations of 1 to 500 zlotys, an error was made in the explanatory inscription in Polish: in the phrase Polish.PRZYJMOWANIE WE WSZYSTKICH WYPŁATACH JEST OBOWIĄZKOWE The last word was transmitted as OBOWIĄZKOW YM . Later, banknotes with the same date began to be printed at the printing house of the People's Bank of Poland and the error was corrected.

The zloty of the governor general was exchanged at face value, but with a limit of the amount of 500 zloty for private individuals and 2000 zloty for small enterprises and organizations, funds over this amount were credited to bank accounts.

The banknotes of the first issue had a very simple design: the emblem of Poland , the name of the issuing bank (created only on January 15, 1945), explanatory inscriptions, denomination and year of printing were placed on the front side on the guilloche background, the denomination, name of the issuing bank and year of issue (for banknotes of 5, 20 and 100 zlotys). 50 pennies were printed without a serial number, for banknotes with a face value of 1 to 500 zlotys it was placed on the front side and had the format AB 123456, and for a banknote of 1000 zlotys - Ser.A 1234567.

The first banknotes of post-war Poland were forged in large volumes by counterfeiters , so the issues of 1946, 1947 and 1948 were followed by the release of 1944-1945, with a new design and better protection against counterfeiting.

In 1974, the People’s Bank of Poland issued a “reprint” of 1944 banknotes (except 50 pennies) for collectors with special serial numbers and an explanatory inscription in Polish. EMISJA PAMIĄTKOWA - ODBITA W 1974 R. Z ORYGINALNYCH KLISZ .

Series 1944-1945 years [1]
Picture		Face value	Dimensions (mm)	The main colors	Dates
Front side	Back side				introducing	print	exemptions
		50 pennies	81 × 52	lilac	28th of February 1945	1944	November 8th 1950
		1 zloty	133 × 66	dark green light orange	September 18th 1944
		2 zl	137 × 67	brown Gray
		5 zl	142 × 71	dark brown green
		10 zl	160 × 80	blue light green	August 27 1944
		20 zl	170 × 83	dark green pink
		50 zl	180 × 93	blue pink
		100 zl	188 × 100	crimson Gray
		500 zl	193 × 102	the black Orange			December 17th 1946
		1000 PLN	182 × 97	brown	September 1 1945	1945	November 8th 1950
The image scale is 1.0 pixels per millimeter.

1946 Banknote Series

Banknotes with a face value of 1-10 zlotys were printed without a serial number, for 20-500 zlotys it was placed on the front side of the banknote and had the format A 1234567, and for 1000 zlotys - Ab. 1234567.

1946 series [2]
Picture		Face value	Dimensions (mm)	The main colors	Description		Dates
Front side	Back side				Front side	Back side	introducing	print	exemptions
		1 zloty	98 × 54	red brown	name of the issuing bank, face value, date and place of issue, signature	face value, explanatory inscriptions	December 2nd 1946	May 15 1946	November 8th 1950
		2 zl	104 × 57	green		name of the issuing bank face value, explanatory inscriptions	March 15th 1947
		5 zl	122 × 66	Gray			February 5th 1948
		10 zl	128 × 70	brown green	coat of arms of Poland, name of the issuing bank, face value, date and place of issue, signature		August 18 1947
		20 zl	158 × 84	blue green brown		a scene with an airplane at the airport, face value, explanatory inscriptions	July 1 1948
		50 zl	164 × 87	brown	sailing ship and ship, coat of arms of Poland, name of the issuing bank, face value, date and place of issue, signature	seascape with ships, face value, explanatory inscriptions, abbreviation NBP	September 22nd 1947
		100 zl	170 × 91	red	peasant and peasant woman, coat of arms of Poland, name of the issuing bank, face value, date and place of issue, signature	field work scene face value, explanatory inscriptions	December 2nd 1946
		500 zl	176 × 94	blue green	shipbuilder and fisherman, coat of arms of Poland, name of the issuing bank, face value, date and place of issue, signature	view of the port of Gdansk , face value, explanatory inscriptions, abbreviation NBP	July 15 1946	January 15 1946
		1000 PLN	182 × 97	brown	miner and worker, coat of arms of Poland, name of the issuing bank, face value, date and place of issue, signature	view of industrial production, face value, explanatory inscriptions, abbreviation NBP	n / a
The image scale is 1.0 pixels per millimeter.

1947 Banknote Series

Serial numbers of the format Ser.A 1234567 (for 20, 100 and 100 zloty) or SERIA A 123456 (for 500 zloty) are located on the front side of banknotes.

1947 series [3]
Picture	Face value	Dimensions (mm)	The main colors	Description		Dates
				Front side	Back side	introducing	print	exemptions
	20 zl	158 × 84	dark- green	coat of arms of Poland, name of the issuing bank, face value, date and place of issue, signature	composition with a globe, gear, a book, a hammer and a laurel branch, face value, explanatory inscriptions, abbreviation NBP	June 16th 1949	July 15 1947	November 8th 1950
	100 zl	170 × 91	red brown	peasant woman, coat of arms of Poland, name of the issuing bank, face value, date and place of issue, signature	horses in the field face value, explanatory inscriptions, abbreviation NBP	February 21 1949
	500 zl	176 × 94	Navy blue	a woman with an oar and an anchor, name of the issuing bank, face value, date and place of issue, signature	view of the port of Gdynia , face value, explanatory inscriptions, abbreviation NBP	January 20th 1949	July 1 1947
	1000 PLN	182 × 97	brown green	working, name of the issuing bank, face value, date and place of issue, signature	factory view face value, explanatory inscriptions, abbreviation NBP	December 1st 1948
The image scale is 1.0 pixels per millimeter.

1948 Banknote Series

1974-1993 Series of Banknotes