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100 Zlotych
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Currency | Second Zloty (1924-1949) |
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| Reverse description | Red on blue guilloche underprint. The central design is dominated by a large ornate numeral 100 set against an elaborate fan-shaped guilloche rosette in red, with the word ZŁOTYCH inscribed across it in bold letterpress. The bank title NARODOWY BANK POLSKI arches across the upper border within a scalloped frame, while the denomination in words STO ZŁOTYCH is set in large capitals along the lower register, flanked by decorative cornerpiece scrollwork. Numeral 100 panels in blue appear at left and right, and the year 1944 is printed at the foot of the design. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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This note belongs to the so-called "lubelskie" series, issued by the Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National Liberation following its establishment in July 1944 — not by the government-in-exile in London, which continued issuing its own currency through different channels. The two competing emission authorities produced a genuine dual-currency tension in liberated Polish territories during the war's final year.
Printed under wartime conditions with limited security infrastructure, the series is sometimes found with uneven ink coverage and inconsistent watermark depth. The 100 Złotych denomination circulated heavily in the immediate postwar period before the 1950 redenomination effectively wiped out most surviving examples through exchange redemption.