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20 Zlotys Jan Długosz
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland) |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Reverse description | A heraldic coat of arms is positioned at upper left, with a stylized architectural vignette of Wawel Royal Cathedral rendered in intaglio at center. The engravers' and printer's credits appear along the lower margin in small lettering. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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Jan Długosz (1415–1480) was the medieval chronicler whose twelve-volume Annales seu Cronicae incliti Regni Poloniae remains a foundational source for Polish medieval history — and the reason his image appears on a commemorative issue rather than a circulation note. This 2015 piece is one of Heidrich's later commissions; he designed the vast majority of Polish banknotes from the 1960s onward, making his credit here on both the design and obverse engraving something of a final-generation signature on a series he largely defined.
The security specification is minimal by modern standards — watermark and thread only, consistent with a collector-oriented release rather than a note intended for heavy use.