2 Zlotys

Features

Issuer	Poland
Issuing bank	National Bank of Poland (Narodowy Bank Polski)
Period	Republic of Poland (1944-1952)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1948
Value	2 Zlotys (2 Złote) (2 PLZ)
Currency	Third Zloty (1949-1994)
Composition	Paper
Size	120 × 58 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Issued	30 October 1950
Demonetized	30 September 1960
Number	N# 222637
References	P# 134 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Series: 1948 Issue

Obverse

White Eagle without crown - coat of arms of the People's Republic of Poland.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NARODOWY BANK POLSKI
2 DWA
ZŁOTE
NBP WARZAWA DNIA 1 LIPCA 1948 ROKU NBP
2 ZŁOTE 2

Designer: Wacław Borowski

Reverse

A design of a building - the future headquarters of the Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland). The architectural design of the NBP headquarters was by Bohdan Pniewski.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2 DWA ZŁOTE 2
2 BILETY NARODOWEGO BANKU POLSKIEGO 2
SA PRAWNYM SRODKIEM PLATNICZYM W POLSCE

Translation:
BANKNOTES OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF POLAND
ARE LEGAL TENDER IN POLAND

Designer: Wacław Borowski

Watermark

Printer

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

Comments

Varieties:

a) series A - Z - watermark type 1

b) series AA - AZ, BA - BP, CA - CT - watermark type 1
c) series BR - BZ - watermark type 2

The banknotes were printed at the Polish Security Printing Works in Lodz (since 1956 in Warsaw).

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Date			No. printed		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1948-Jul-01			616 000 000			$ 4.60	$ 5.20	$ 6.00	$ 22	$ 26

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