| Issuer | Poland |
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| Year | 2025 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
| Value | 20 Zlotys (20 Złotych) |
| Currency | Fourth Zloty (1995-date) |
| Composition | Hybrid substrate |
| Size | 170 × 85 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Polish Security Printing Works (Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych S.A.), Warsaw, Poland (1919-date) |
| Designer(s) | Agnieszka Próchniak |
| Engraver(s) | Przemysław Krajewski |
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| Obverse description | The front side of the banknote depicts an image of Boleslaus the Brave according to the print by Rudolf Fryderyk Friedlein from ca. 1857, which was inspired by the portrait of the King by Marcello Bacciarelli. Next to the image, there is a decorative security stripe in gold and silver, with a print featuring a fragment of the bordure of the Gniezno Doors and the banknote`s denomination. The year 1025 is placed in the centre of the banknote as one of its security features visible in ultraviolet light. In the bottom right corner, there is a recto-verso security feature depicting a stylised fragment of the tip of the Lance of Nętno. |
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| Obverse lettering |
NARODOWY BANK POLSKI 20 DWADZIEŚCIA ZŁOTYCH WARSZAWA, 21 STYCZNIA 2025 R. PREZES GŁÓWNY SKARBNIK TYSIĄCLECIE KORONACJI BOLESŁAWA CHROBREGO (Translation: NATIONAL BANK OF POLAND 20 TWENTY ZLOTYS WARSAW, 21st JANUARY 2025 CEO MAIN TREASURER MILLENIUM OF THE CORONATION OF BOLESŁAW THE BRAVE) |
| Reverse description | The back side of the banknote, composed in a vertical arrangement, features, among others, the image of three panels of the Gniezno Doors (depicting the following scenes: the ransoming of St. Adalbert`s body from the Prussians by Bolesław the Brave, the transfer of St. Adalbert`s body, and the burial of St. Adalbert`s remains in Gniezno) and the obverse and reverse of Princes Polonie, a coin from the reign of Boleslaus the Brave, as well as the tip of the Lance of Saint Maurice. Scenes from the Gniezno Doors and the coin`s obverse can be seen in ultraviolet light. This side of the banknote also features a crown-shaped window cut into the paper, inside which one can see a gold fragment of the security stripe of the banknote`s front side. In the transmitted light - the window is seen in blue. |
| Reverse lettering |
NARODOWY BANK POLSKI 20 BANKNOTY EMITOWANE PRZEZ NARODOWY BANK POLSKI SĄ PRAWNYM ŚRODKIEM PŁATNICZYM W POLSCE A. PRÓCHNIAK DEL. P. KRAJEWSKI SC. PWPW S.A. 20 DWADZIEŚCIA ZŁOTYCH (Translation: NATIONAL BANK OF POLAND 20 BANKNOTES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL BANK OF POLAND ARE LEGAL TENDER IN POLAND A. PRÓCHNIAK DEL. P. KRAJEWSKI SC. PWPW S.A. 20 TWENTY ZLOTYS) |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | The watermark depicts the image of a fragment of the bordure of the Gniezno Doors and the notation of the coronation year of Boleslaus the Brave |
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| Numisquare ID | 5752397670 |
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