Polish coins and banknotes
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Current Polish coins and banknotes issued by the National Bank of Poland, see also Polish złoty.
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[edit] Coins
Although some of the coins were minted as early as 1990, they were not released until 1 January 1995, when złoty was redenominated.
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| Image | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of first minting | |||||
| Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | ||
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1 grosz | 15.5 mm | 1.64 g | Steel bronze | Serrated | State title and the eagle of the coat of arms | Value and 1 leaf | 1990 |
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2 grosze | 17.5 mm | 2.13 g | Plain | Value and 2 leaves | |||
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5 groszy | 19.5 mm | 2.59 g | Alternately smooth and serrated | Value and 5 leaves | |||
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10 groszy | 16.5 mm | 2.51 g | Cupronickel | Alternately smooth and serrated | State title and the eagle of the coat of arms | Value and encircling leaves | 1990 |
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20 groszy | 18.5 mm | 3.22 g | Serrated | Value and square-shaped leaves | |||
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50 groszy | 20.5 mm | 3.94 g | Value and leaves in semi-circle shape | ||||
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1 zł | 23 mm | 5 g | Alternately smooth and serrated | Value and leaves in full-circle shape | |||
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2 zł | 21.5 mm Core: 12 mm |
5.21 g | Ring: Aluminium bronze Center: Cupronickel |
Plain | Value and 2 leaves in the ring portion | 1994 | |
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5 zł | 24 mm Core: 16 mm |
6.54 g | Ring: Cupronickel Center: Aluminium bronze |
Irregularly milled | State title and the eagle of the coat of arms | Value and 5 leaves in the ring portion | 1994 |
| These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world coins. For table standards, see the coin specification table. | |||||||||
[edit] Banknotes
| 1994 Series [2] | |||||||||
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| Image | Value | Dimensions | Main colour | Description | Date of | ||||
| Obverse | Reverse | Obverse | Reverse | Watermark | printing | issue | |||
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10 zł | 120 × 60 mm | Dark brown | Mieszko I | Denar coin during the reign of Mieszko I | As portrait | 25 March 1994 | 1 January 1995 |
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20 zł | 126 × 63 mm | Violet, pink | Boleslav I | Denar coin during the reign of Boleslav I | |||
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50 zł | 132 × 66 mm | Dark blue | Casimir III | Eagle from the royal seal of Casimir III | |||
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100 zł | 138 × 69 mm | Dark green | Władysław II Jagiełło | Shield bearing eagle from the tombstone of Władysław II Jagiełło | |||
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200 zł | 144 × 72 mm | Brown, orange | Sigismund II Augustus | Eagle intertwined with "S", within hexagon from the Sigismund Chapel in the Wawel Cathedral | |||
| These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. For table standards, see the banknote specification table. | |||||||||
[edit] Commemorative banknote
| Commemorative Series [3] | |||||||
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| Value | Dimensions | Main colour | Description | Date of | |||
| Obverse | Reverse | Watermark | printing | issue | |||
| 50 zł | Blue background, yellow portrait | Pope John Paul II | Holy Mass for the inauguration | ? | ? | 16 October 2006 | |
