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200 Zlotych
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Value | 200 Zlotys (200 Złotych) (200 PLN) |
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| Reverse lettering | 200 DWIEŚCIE ZŁOTYCH NARODOWY BANK POLSKI BANKNOTY EMITOWANE PRZEZ NARODOWY BANK POLSKI SĄ PRAWNYM ŚRODKIEM PŁATNICZYM W POLSCE |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Poland's transition away from communist-era monetary design was gradual and often awkward, but this 1990 issue falls into a particularly ambiguous moment — printed well before the NBP had fully reoriented its procurement relationships, yet already reflecting the institutional instability of the late People's Republic period. The 200 Złotych denomination was rapidly losing practical utility as hyperinflation, which peaked near 600% annually in 1990, was already eroding purchasing power faster than the presses could keep pace.
G&D's Leipzig plant, operating in what was still East Germany when the contract was placed, had a long history of printing for Eastern Bloc clients. By the time this note reached circulation, reunification had absorbed that facility into the Federal Republic.