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2 Zlotys
| Issuer | Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait vignette of Tadeusz Kościuszko set within an ornate circular guilloche frame at left, against a warm ochre floral underprint covering the right field. The issuer name BANK POLSKI and denomination DWA ZŁOTE appear in bold letterpress to the right, with the place and date of issue WARSZAWA dn 28 Lut. 1919 r. and the legend Dyrekcja Banku Polskiego below, accompanied by two manuscript signatures. Series designation and a six-digit serial number are printed at upper left and lower centre respectively. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface reverse printed entirely in blue, centred on a large guilloche rosette enclosing a decorative numeral 2, flanked on both sides by the denomination DWA ZŁOTE in bold letterpress. A continuous legal-tender legend arcs around the upper border, and a counterfeiting-warning inscription runs along the lower portion of the inner field. The whole is enclosed within an elaborate scrollwork and lace-pattern border typical of early twentieth-century intaglio security printing. |
| Reverse lettering | DWA ZŁOTE DWA ZŁOTE 2 NA MOCY UCHWAŁY SEJMOWEJ BILETY BANKU POLSKIEGO SĄ PRAWNYM ŚRODKIEM PŁATNICZYM W POLSCE Podrabianie biletów i współdziałanie w ich rozpowszechnianiu karane jest ciężkiem więzieniem (Translation: By resolution of the Sejm, banknotes of the Bank of Poland are legal tender in Poland / Counterfeiting banknotes and assisting in their circulation is punishable by hard imprisonment) |
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