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19 Zlotys Polish Security Printing Works
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 19 Zlotys (19 Złotych) |
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| Obverse description | To the right, an intaglio portrait vignette of Ignacy Jan Paderewski. At center, a stylized rendition of the arms of the Order of the White Eagle rendered in guilloche underprint. To the center-left, the word "niepodległa" (independent) reproduced in facsimile from Józef Piłsudski's handwriting. |
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| Protection type | Security thread, Watermark |
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Issued to commemorate the centenary of the Polish Security Printing Works itself — a rare case of a state printer issuing a banknote that celebrates its own founding. The PWPW was established in 1919, shortly after Poland regained independence, and has produced Polish currency, passports, and official documents ever since. This note is a collector piece rather than a circulating issue, and its denomination of 19 zlotych is purely commemorative arithmetic: 19 for 1919.
Michalczuk's intaglio work and Kopecka's design were essentially a showcase of the workshop's own technical capabilities — a self-referential proof of competence printed on its own premises.