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20 Zlotych
| Issuer | Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK POLSKI DWADZIEŚCIA ZŁOTYCH WARSZAWA dn. 28. Lutego 1919 roku DYREKCJA BANKU POLSKIEGO |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Bank Polski's 20 Złotych of 1919 was printed in Paris by the Banque de France at a moment when Poland had only just re-emerged as a sovereign state after 123 years of partition. The choice of the Banque de France as printer was pragmatic — Poland had no domestic printing infrastructure capable of producing secure currency, and France was the principal Allied patron of the new Polish republic.
The watermark was the primary anti-counterfeiting measure, a modest security provision by the standards of the Banque de France's own output, reflecting the rushed nature of the commission rather than any technical shortcoming.