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20 Zlotys
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Non-circulating banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio vignette of the medieval Crane (Żuraw) of Gdańsk occupies the centre-right of the note against a fine guilloche underprint in olive-gold and green tones. At left, a central watermark window is surrounded by an ornate guilloche rosette, with the Polish eagle emblem and two manuscript signatures below the legends PREZES NBP and GŁÓWNY SKARBNIK NBP. The date WARSZAWA 1 MARCA 1990 appears at lower left, the denomination numeral 20 at upper left and lower right, and the issuer name NARODOWY BANK POLSKI at bottom centre. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Poland's transition away from communist-era currency moved in stages, and this note belongs to the awkward overlap period — still carrying design elements rooted in the People's Republic aesthetic while being issued under the post-1989 banking reforms. The Narodowy Bank Polski had been restructured from a Soviet-style monobank into a functioning central bank, but new currency designs weren't yet ready, so the existing series continued briefly into the new political reality.
G&D's Leipzig plant, operating through the GDR period, was already integrating into unified German operations by 1990, making this a transitional moment for the printer as much as for Poland itself.