20 Zlotys Warsaw Uprising

Features

Issuer	Poland
Issuing bank	Narodowy Bank Polski
Ruling authority	Third Republic (1989-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative banknotes
Year	2024
Value	20 Zlotys (20 Złotych) 20 PLN = USD 5.32
Currency	Fourth Zloty (1995-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	150 × 77 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 426809

Commemorative issue

80th Anniversary of the Outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising

Series: NBP Commemorative note series

Obverse

Red, tan, olive, blue, brown and black print; red and black serial; the front side of the banknote features insurgents on a barricade watching the PAST (Polish Telephone Joint Stock Company) buildings in flames and a group of German prisoners of War. Flag of Poland in the bottom center. Security thread presenting an image of the Fighting Poland symbol and the year 1944. The value numeral - 20, placed in the bottom right-hand corner as well as in the upper left

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NARODOWY BANK POLSKI
Warszawa,
10 stycznia 2024 r.
Prezes
Główny Skarbnik
DWADZIEŚCIA ZŁOTYCH
80. ROCZNICA WYBUCHU POWSTANIA WARSZAWSKIEGO

Translation:
National Bank of Poland
Warsaw, 10th January 2024
CEO
Main Treasurer
Twenty Zlotys
80th Anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising

Designer: Justyna Kopecka

Reverse

Yellow, green, blue, dark blue, brown and black print; the back side of the banknote features the images of soldiers against the background of destroyed buildings captured from the interiors of the Church of the Holy Cross, as well as a field mass celebrated in the courtyard at 12 Poznańska Street. On the right-hand side of the banknote there is a 2-color graphic element symbolising brick ruins

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANKNOTY EMITOWANE PRZEZ NARODOWY BANK POLSKI SĄ PRAWNYM ŚRODKIEM PŁATNICZYM W POLSCE
NARODOWY BANK POLSKI
"ZE CZCIĄ WSPOMINAMY GORĄCĄ WIARĘ DZIECI I MŁODZIEŻY WARSZAWSKIEJ, KTÓRA Z ŻARLIWOŚCIĄ WALCZYŁA O PROMYKI WOLNOŚCI. CZEŚĆ GŁEBOKA DLA OFIARNEJ KRWI"
DWADZIEŚCIA ZŁOTYCH
J. KOPECKA DEL. P. KRAJEWSKI S.C. PWPW S.A.

Translation:
Banknotes issued by the National Bank of Poland are legal tender in Poland
National Bank of Poland
"WE REVERENTLY REMEMBER THE ZEALOUS FAITH OF THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH OF WARSAW, WHO FOUGHT FERVENTLY FOR THE RAYS OF FREEDOM. DEEP REVERENCE FOR THE SACRIFICIAL BLOOD"
Twenty Zlotys

Designer: Justyna Kopecka

Watermark

Fighting Poland symbol against a brick wall and a high-contrast element - the year 1944

Printer

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

Comments

Visit the National Bank of Poland website for more information on this commemorative banknote.

The banknote was made available in a National Bank of Poland folder. This is the front of the folder:

This is the back of the folder:

On the obverse of the note, at the lower left corner are two raised Xes:

On the obverse the “20" is in colour changing ink and has a brick pattern, it changes form green to blue when the note is tilted:

There is a solid security strip windowed into three parts on the obverse. The Fighting Poland symbol and 1944 can be seen repeated on it. This strip is holographic and has dynamic elements:

Under backlight the whole strip can be seen but it cannot be read:

On the reverse there are bricks on the right in colour-changing ink, here in green:

If the note is tilted, more bricks appear in gold iridescent ink:

UV activity (365nm):

The reverse has no UV activity at 365nm but the bricks on the right absorb UV (both the green bricks and iridescent gold ones):

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Date			No. printed		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
2024-Jan-10			80 000							$ 40

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