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2 Zlotys
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland) |
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| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The face is printed in grey-green intaglio on a fine guilloche underprint, with the denomination numeral 2 set within an oval vignette at left and the large letterpress text DWA ZŁOTE dominating the centre. The Polish state eagle appears at upper right, flanked by the bank monogram NBP in the side margins, above the issue date WARSZAWA DNIA 1 LIPCA 1948 ROKU and three facsimile signature lines for PREZES, NACZELNY DYREKTOR, and SKARBNIK. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The 1948 Polish zloty series, of which this is the lowest paper denomination, was issued following the 1944–1945 currency reform that replaced the occupation-era zloty and effectively wiped out savings held in the older Reichsbank-administered notes. By 1948, the communist government was consolidating monetary control, and the PWPW — which had operated clandestinely during the occupation, printing documents for the Polish resistance — was fully state-directed again. Borowski designed several notes in this series, working within tight ideological constraints on imagery.
The watermark is the sole security feature, modest for the denomination and period.