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100 Zlotys Lech Wałęsa Solidarity banknote
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Size | 139 x 63 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Lech Wałęsa at right, rendered in intaglio-style vignette against a guilloche underprint. Large numeral '100' and inscription 'STO ZŁOTYCH' appear at centre, with the bank title 'NARODOWY BANK POLSKI' across the top. Date 'WARSZAWA 31 SIERPNIA 1984' and the name 'LECH WAŁĘSA' are inscribed vertically at right. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Solidarity trade union logo rendered in bold script over a stylised outline map of Poland, flanked by guilloche ornaments. The NBP monogram appears at lower right, with the bank title 'NARODOWY BANK POLSKI' across the top and denomination '100 STO ZŁOTYCH' at lower left. A legal tender clause runs along the bottom edge. |
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This note was never issued by Narodowy Bank Polski in any official capacity. It was produced by the Solidarity underground — Solidarność — as a propaganda piece during the period of martial law and its aftermath, when the movement operated as an illegal organization under General Jaruzelski's military government. The choice of Wałęsa's portrait as a direct substitute for the communist-approved figures on genuine NBP currency was a deliberate provocation.
Cataloged variously as a "fantasy" or "propaganda note," its legal status at the time of production was unambiguous: possession carried real risk.