Historical coins and banknotes of Poland

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)
​1⁄2 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
Banknotes (1950-1978)
2 zł
5 zł
10 zł
20 zł
50 zł
100 zł
500 zł
1000 zł

1974 series

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

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