All things Polish Banknotes...

Here is one of my favorite Polish banknotes. The face shows Poland's own, Maria Curie.




I just got this issue. Had to pay a great deal more than cacatalog, but I am glad I have the note.

What if we used this thread to track and record Polish banknote information. It would serve two purposes: all Polish note info together and build up the thread count so hopefully we can add notes to Numista someday.

Hmm, this might get interesting.

I have two Polish notes I thought about when I saw this post.

The first one is the 500 Złotych (P-145):

The obverse features a portarit of Tadeusz Kościuszko, was a military leader who became a national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and the United States, since he fought both in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's struggles against Russia and Prussia, and on the U.S. side in the American Revolutionary War.
A fun fact is that Australia's highest mountain, Mount Koscuiszko, is named after him.

The other one is the 1,000 Złotych (P-146)

The obverse features Mikołaj Kopernik. He is probably more known as Nicolaus Copernicus, and he was the onw who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe, in all likelihood independently of Aristarchus of Samos.

I like how you included the Pick numbers. I need to start doing that myself.

Poland puts meaningful people with world wide appeal on their notes.

Verweis : "Oklahoman"​I like how you included the Pick numbers. I need to start doing that myself.

​I was about to write the date, but realised it means nothing since it was printed during 5 years (or something like that), so I went with the pick number and immediately realised it was a great idea.
Thanks mate!

I suggest you put it on goggle docs. Easier that way if you want to. Most important is always time and displine.

Verweis : "Saber82"​I suggest you put it on goggle docs. Easier that way if you want to. Most important is always time and displine.

​I have a document of ny whole collection with info of obverse, reverse, and watermark, so when Notista's up and running I'll be able to add this info fairly quickly.
What I don't have logged though, is pick number, signatures, dimensions, and composition.

I coild make a new document with these details included as well, so I'm all ready for Notista.

I realised I'm way off topic here, but what more info will be needed?

I think measurement, color, designer, vignettes, Pick, year/month/day, watermark... all of that information has been mostly collected already in the Pick catalog. Is it possible for you to just get one of those?

Verweis : "Oklahoman"​I think measurement, color, designer, vignettes, Pick, year/month/day, watermark... all of that information has been mostly collected already in the Pick catalog. Is it possible for you to just get one of those?

​I don't know the meaning of "vingnettes", but I have the catalogues.

Vignettes are a term relating to the engraved scenes on banknotes.

Verweis : "Oklahoman"​Vignettes are a term relating to the engraved scenes on banknotes.

​Ah! I've just called it "picture". LOL! I like fancy words though.

For me, I put my notes in chronological details and stuffs. But there are some exotics which I can only see but cannot buy or there is only 1 piece only. Those exotics I skipped totally putting only circulation and commorative notes.

For varients excluding serial no we have the different symbols right now. So it's gets Alittle crazy as image a 2 dollar note have about 15 types of symbols....

Polish banknotes tend to be fairly cheap- even the ones from the era I collect (barring some higher denomination issues of course)! I have several, but too lazy to look up the Pick#s


A nice cheap HUGE banknote: 5000 Marek from 1920, literally the size of a placemat.


One from 1916, issued by the Kingdom of Poland, an unrecognised puppet state created by the Germans in occupied Russian Poland during WWI under Piłsudski.

I have the 5000 mark as well. It is huge.

20 Zlotych 1982 (p-149a) & 200 Zlotych 1988 (p-144c)

P#94b (1940) 10 Zloty 169x84mm


P#100 (1941) 2 Zloty 109x68mm


P#107a (1944) 2 Zloty 135x67mm


P#108 (1944) 5 Zloty 142x71mm


P#112 (1944) 20 Zloty 170x83mm


P#137a.5 (1948) 20 Zloty 160x76mm