Catalog
200 Zlotych
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland) |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | NARODOWY BANK POLSKI 200 DWIEŚCIE ZŁOTYCH NBP BANKNOTY EMITOWANE PRZEZ NARODOWY BANK POLSKI SĄ PRAWNYM ŚRODKIEM PŁATNICZYM W POLSCE (Translation: National Bank of Poland / Two Hundred Złotych / NBP / Banknotes issued by the National Bank of Poland are legal tender in Poland.) |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Hologram |
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Poland's post-communist currency reform moved in stages: the 1990 stabilization plan anchored the złoty after hyperinflation, but the denomination ladder took years to rationalize. This 200 złoty note entered circulation before the 1995 redenomination rendered the entire series obsolete at 10,000-to-1 — meaning this specific face value existed in active use for barely a year before becoming exchange stock.
The dual-printer arrangement — De La Rue handling security substrate and feature integration in London, with Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych completing production in Warsaw — reflects the transitional period when Polish security printing was rebuilding capacity after decades of Soviet-era constraints.