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2 Zlotys
| Issuer | Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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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. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Bank Polski's earliest postwar issues were printed in Paris by the Banque de France while Polish institutions were still being reconstituted following over a century of partition. The newly independent state had no domestic printing capacity capable of producing secure currency, making foreign contracts a practical necessity rather than a political choice.
The Banque de France connection is worth noting precisely because it was unusual — France's central bank rarely acted as a commercial printer for foreign governments, and Poland's engagement with them was short-lived before contracts shifted to other suppliers.
Watermarking was the primary security measure, with no reported serial number varieties distinguishing major sub-types within this Pick number.