Historical coins and banknotes of Poland

Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, see also Polish złoty.

Before 20th century

**Polish coins and banknotes**
Unit Denomination (currency) Denomination is a proper description of a currency amount, usually for coins or banknotes. Denominations may also be used with other means of payment like gift cards. See also Redenomination.-Subunit and super unit:... (ZŁ)	\| Obverse	\| Reverse
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 Interwar

**Polish coins and banknotes**
Unit Denomination (currency) Denomination is a proper description of a currency amount, usually for coins or banknotes. Denominations may also be used with other means of payment like gift cards. See also Redenomination.-Subunit and super unit:... (ZŁ)	\| Obverse	\| Reverse
Banknotes (1917-1924)
1/2 mark
10 marks
50 marks
100 marks
Banknotes (1924-1939)
10 gr
2 zł
5 zł
20 zł
50 zł
100 zł
Banknotes (1939-1944)
5 zł
20 zł
50 zł
500 zł

Post WWII

**Polish coins and banknotes**
Unit Denomination (currency) Denomination is a proper description of a currency amount, usually for coins or banknotes. Denominations may also be used with other means of payment like gift cards. See also Redenomination.-Subunit and super unit:... (ZŁ)	\| Obverse	\| Reverse
Banknotes (1948-1950)
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
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	Printed
	10 zł	139 x 63 mm	Bluish green	Józef Bem Józef Bem Józef Zachariasz Bem was a Polish general, an Ottoman Pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European nationalisms...	Indication of value	1982
	20 zł		Multicoloured	Romuald Traugutt Romuald Traugutt Romuald Traugutt was a Polish general and war hero, best known for commanding the January Uprising. From October 1863 to August 1864 he was Dictator of Insurrection. He headed the Polish national government from October 17, 1863 to April 20, 1864, and was president of its Foreign Affairs...	Indication of value	1982
	50 zł		Green	Karol Świerczewski Karol Swierczewski Karol Wacław Świerczewski was a Pole who became a Soviet military officer and a general. He served as a general in the service of the Soviet Union, Republican Spain, and the Soviet sponsored Polish Provisional Government of National Unity after World War II.- Life :Karol Świerczewski grew up in...	Grunwald Cross Medal	1975
	100 zł		Red	Ludwik Waryński Ludwik Warynski Ludwik Tadeusz Waryński was an activist and theoretician of the socialist movement in Poland.-Biography:...	"Proletaryat" (19th century Polish socialist party)	1975
	200 zł		Violet	Jarosław Dąbrowski	Monument to the Dead (of the Paris Commune Paris Commune The Paris Commune was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871. It existed before the split between anarchists and Marxists had taken place, and it is hailed by both groups as the first assumption of power by the working class during the Industrial Revolution... ) by Paul Moreau-Vauthier Paul Moreau-Vauthier Paul Moreau-Vauthier was a noted French sculptor.Moreau-Vauthier first achieved public renown with his statue La Parisienne shown at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, and is now perhaps best known for his memorial wall to the Victimes des révolutions on Avenue Gambetta, Paris... in the Père Lachaise Cemetery Père Lachaise Cemetery Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the city of Paris, France , though there are larger cemeteries in the city's suburbs.Père Lachaise is in the 20th arrondissement, and is reputed to be the world's most-visited cemetery, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors annually to the...	1976
	500 zł		Brown	Tadeusz Kościuszko Tadeusz Kosciuszko Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian and American general and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus...	"Żywią i Bronią" (They feed and defend), flag of Polish soldiers in Krakow during the Kościuszko Uprising Kosciuszko Uprising The Kościuszko Uprising was an uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in Poland, Belarus and Lithuania in 1794...	1974
	1000 zł		Blue	Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....	Heliocentric Solar System Heliocentrism Heliocentrism, or heliocentricism, is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around a stationary Sun at the center of the universe. The word comes from the Greek . Historically, heliocentrism was opposed to geocentrism, which placed the Earth at the center...	1975
	2000 zł		Brown	Mieszko I Mieszko I of Poland Mieszko I , was a Duke of the Polans from about 960 until his death. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was son of Siemomysł; grandchild of Lestek; father of Bolesław I the Brave, the first crowned King of Poland; likely father of Świętosława , a Nordic Queen; and grandfather of her son, Cnut the...	Bolesław I the Brave Boleslaw I of Poland Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...	1977
	5000 zł		Green	Frédéric Chopin Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....	Polonaise Polonaise The polonaise is a slow dance of Polish origin, in 3/4 time. Its name is French for "Polish."The polonaise had a rhythm quite close to that of the Swedish semiquaver or sixteenth-note polska, and the two dances have a common origin.... notes	1982
	10 000 zł		Green and violet	Stanisław Wyspiański	Kraków Kraków Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...	1988
	20 000 zł		Orange	Maria Skłodowska-Curie Marie Curie Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...	Nuclear reactor Nuclear reactor A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are used for generating electricity and for the propulsion of ships. Usually heat from nuclear fission is passed to a working fluid , which runs through turbines that power either ship's... "Ewa Ewa reactor The Ewa Reactor was Poland's first research nuclear reactor. Its name is derived from the first letters of the Polish words: Eksperymentalny , Wodny , and Atomowy as a reference to the Eve Curie.... " near Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...	1989
	50 000 zł		Brown	Stanisław Staszic	The Staszic Palace Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences, headquartered in Warsaw, is one of two Polish institutions having the nature of an academy of sciences.-History:... in Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...	1989
	100 000 zł		Blue	Stanisław Moniuszko Stanisław Moniuszko Stanisław Moniuszko was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. His output includes many songs and operas, and his musical style is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...	Teatr Wielki, Warsaw	1990
	200 000 zł		Brown	Coat of arms Coat of arms of Poland The White Eagle is the national coat of arms of Poland. It is a stylized white eagle with a golden beak and talons, and wearing a golden crown, in a red shield.- Legal basis :...	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...	1989
	500 000 zł		Blue and brown	Henryk Sienkiewicz Henryk Sienkiewicz Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. A Polish szlachcic of the Oszyk coat of arms, he was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his...	"Trilogy"	1990
	1 000 000 zł		Light brown	Władysław Reymont	Country landscape	1991
	2 000 000 zł		Multicoloured	Ignacy Jan Paderewski Ignacy Jan Paderewski Ignacy Jan Paderewski GBE was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat, politician, and the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.-Biography:...	The 1919 Coat of arms of Poland Coat of arms of Poland The White Eagle is the national coat of arms of Poland. It is a stylized white eagle with a golden beak and talons, and wearing a golden crown, in a red shield.- Legal basis :...	1992
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimeter, a standard for world banknotes.

Before 20th century

20th century Interwar

Post WWII

1974 series

See also