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20 Zlotys Warsaw Uprising
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Size | 150 × 77 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a vignette of insurgents manning a barricade as the PAST (Polish Telephone Joint Stock Company) buildings burn behind them, with a group of German prisoners of war visible in the composition. The Polish national flag is placed at the bottom centre, while the denomination numeral '20' appears in the upper left and lower right corners. A security thread embedded in the paper bears an intaglio-printed image of the Fighting Poland anchor symbol and the year '1944'. |
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| Reverse lettering | ZE CZCIĄ WSPOMINAMY GORĄCĄ WIARĘ DZIECI I MŁODZIEŻY WARSZAWSKIEJ, KTÓRA Z ŻARLIWOŚCIĄ WALCZYŁA O PROMYKI WOLNOŚCI. CZEŚĆ GŁĘBOKA DLA OFIARNEJ KRWI J. KOPECKA DEL. P. KRAJEWSKI S.C. PWPW S.A. (Translation: WE REVERENTLY REMEMBER THE ZEALOUS FAITH OF THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH OF WARSAW, WHO FOUGHT FERVENTLY FOR THE RAYS OF FREEDOM. DEEP REVERENCE FOR THE SACRIFICIAL BLOOD) |
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Issued to mark the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising of August 1944, this commemorative note is one in a long tradition of NBP collector issues that use the banknote format as a medium for historical commemoration rather than everyday exchange. The Uprising itself lasted 63 days and ended in the near-total destruction of the city — an outcome the communist government that followed spent decades actively suppressing in public memory.
Engraved by P. Krajewski at PWPW, the same Warsaw facility that has been producing Polish security documents since 1919.