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1000 Zlotych
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Reference(s) | P#133 |
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| Reverse description | Brown and olive-green reverse dominated by a central engraved vignette of an industrial complex with tall smokestacks and cooling towers, framed within a rectangular border with ornate corner scrollwork. Guilloche rosette panels containing the numeral '1000' flank the central scene on left and right. A decorative ribbon inscription at the bottom reads the legal tender clause, interrupted by the NBP monogram medallion at centre. |
| Reverse lettering | TYSIĄC ZŁOTYCH 1000 BILETY NARODOWEGO BANKU POLSKIEGO SĄ PRAWNYM ŚRODKIEM PŁATNICZYM W POLSCE |
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Poland's postwar hyperinflationary spiral had already prompted one currency reform before this note was printed — the 1944 zloty had replaced the German-occupation currency, but confidence remained fragile throughout the reconstruction period. By 1947, the communist-controlled government was consolidating the banking system under Narodowy Bank Polski, and notes of this denomination circulated alongside a population still deeply skeptical of institutional money after years of occupation-era confiscation and forced exchange.
The series is known for ink oxidation over time, particularly along fold lines, which can be mistaken for deliberate cancellation marking.