Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
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Historical coins and banknotes of Poland, see also Polish złoty.
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[edit] Before 20th century
| Unit (ZŁ) | Obverse | Reverse |
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| Coins (Kingdom of Poland) | ||
| Banknotes (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) | ||
| 4 zł |  |
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| Banknotes (Duchy of Warsaw) | ||
| Coins (1815-1850) | ||
| 2 zł |  |
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| 5 zł |  |
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| Banknotes (1850-1917) | ||
[edit] 20th century Interwar
| Unit (ZŁ) | Obverse | Reverse |
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| Banknotes (1917-1924) | ||
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| Banknotes (1924-1939) | ||
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| 2 zł |  |
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| Banknotes (1939-1944) | ||
| 5 zł |  |
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[edit] Post WWII
| Unit (ZŁ) | Obverse | Reverse |
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| Banknotes (1948-1950) | ||
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| Banknotes (1950-1978) | ||
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[edit] 1974 series
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| Image | Value | Dimensions | Colour | Obverse | Reverse | Printed | |||
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10 zł | 139 x 63 mm | Bluish green | Józef Bem | Indication of value | 1982 | ||
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20 zł | Multicoloured | Romuald Traugutt | Indication of value | 1982 | |||
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50 zł | Green | Karol Świerczewski | Grunwald Cross Medal | 1975 | |||
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100 zł | Red | Ludwik Waryński | "Proletaryat" (19th century Polish socialist party) | 1975 | |||
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200 zł | Violet | Jarosław Dąbrowski | Monument to the Dead (of the Paris Commune) by Paul-Albert Bartholomé in the Père Lachaise Cemetery | 1976 | |||
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500 zł | Brown | Tadeusz Kościuszko | "Żywią i Bronią" (They feed and defend), flag of Polish soldiers in Krakow during the Kościuszko Uprising | 1974 | |||
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1000 zł | Blue | Nicolaus Copernicus | Heliocentric Solar System | 1975 | |||
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2000 zł | Brown | Mieszko I | Bolesław I the Brave | 1977 | |||
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5000 zł | Green | Frédéric Chopin | Polonaise notes | 1982 | |||
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10 000 zł | Green and violet | Stanisław Wyspiański | Kraków | 1988 | |||
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20 000 zł | Orange | Maria Skłodowska-Curie | Nuclear reactor "Ewa" near Warsaw | 1989 | |||
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50 000 zł | Brown | Stanisław Staszic | The Staszic Palace in Warsaw | 1989 | |||
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100 000 zł | Blue | Stanisław Moniuszko | Teatr Wielki, Warsaw | 1990 | |||
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200 000 zł | Brown | Coat of arms | Warsaw | 1989 | |||
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500 000 zł | Blue and brown | Henryk Sienkiewicz | "Trilogy" | 1990 | |||
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1 000 000 zł | Light brown | Władysław Reymont | Country landscape | 1991 | |||
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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. | |||||||||
