20 Zlotys

Features

Issuer	Poland
Issuing bank	National Bank of Poland (Narodowy Bank Polski)
Period	Third Republic (1989-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	2012-2025
Value	20 Zlotys (20 Złotych) 20 PLN = USD 5.47
Currency	Fourth Zloty (1995-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	126 × 63 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 207463
References	P# 184 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , TBB# 860a Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).

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Series: 2012 series

Obverse

The front of the banknote features a portrait of King Boleslaw I the Brave - the first King of Poland. To his left is a Romanesque portal, while to his right is the crown of a young oak tree from the Drzwi Gnieźnieńskie (Door of Gniezno) from the scene of the display of the corpse of St. Adalbert.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20 DWADZIEŚCIA ZŁOTYCH
NARODOWY
BANK 20
POLSKI
WARSZAWA
5 STYCZNIA 2012 r.
PREZES
GŁÓWNY
SKARBNIK
DEL. A. HEIDRICH SC. J. MOORE

Translation:
20 Twenty Zlotys
National Bank of Poland
Warsaw
5 January 2012

President
Chief Treasurer

Engraver: Jim Moore

Designer: Andrzej Heidrich

Reverse

The reverse side is decorated with a silver denar coin of Boleslaw I the Brave with a silhouette of a bird and the inscription PRINCES POLONIE - One of the most famous coins in the history of Polish minting. On the left side is an image of the rotunda of St. Nicholas in Cieszyn, and on the right - a lion stretched on a plant twig from the frame of the Drzwi Gnieźnieńskie (Door of Gniezno).

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NARODOWY BANK POLSKI 20
BANKNOTY EMITOWANE PRZEZ
NARODOWY BANK POLSKI
SĄ PRAWNYM ŚRODKIEM
PŁATNICZYM W POLSCE
20 DWADZIEŚCIA
ZŁOTYCH NBP

Translation:
National Bank of Poland
20
Banknotes issued by National Bank of Poland are a legal means of payment in Poland.

Designer: Andrzej Heidrich

Watermark

Image of King Boleslaw I and the denomination "20".

Printer

Polish Security Printing Works (Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych S.A.), Warsaw, Poland (1919-date)

Comments

Signatures: Marek Belka (Govenor) & Jerzy Stopyra (Chief Cashier).

2016 series:
Since 2017 all banknotes issued have a thin protective coating to make them more durable.

Magenta iridescent stripe on reverse side, inscription “20 ZŁ”:

There is a security thread present on this banknote, it is only visible under a backlight, inscription “20 ZŁ” repeated throughout:

UV activity on the 2012 note is the same as the 2016 note.

Below is UV activity at 365nm on a 2016 note:

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Date	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
2012-Jan-05		$ 5.10	$ 5.10	$ 8.60	$ 10	P# 184a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).		24%
2016-Sep-15	$ 5.20	$ 5.40	$ 5.40	$ 5.80	$ 7.00	P# 184b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).		77%
2025-Mar-19							Signatures: Glapinski/Jaroszek	0.4%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 102 Lot 2196	28 Nov 2023	2012-Jan-05 – P# 184a	UNC	USD 9.29 (EUR 8.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 99 Lot 2198	31 Oct 2023	2012-Jan-05 – P# 184a	UNC	USD 8.12 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 148 Lot 4199	11 Jan 2025	2016-Sep-15 – P# 184b	UNC	USD 6.96 (EUR 6.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 87 Lot 2350	21 Jun 2023	2016-Sep-15 – P# 184b	UNC	USD 6.96 (EUR 6.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 87 Lot 2349	21 Jun 2023	2016-Sep-15 – P# 184b	UNC	USD 5.80 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.