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5 Zlotych
| Issuer | Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1930 |
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| Reference(s) | P#72 |
| Obverse description | Printed in blue on a light ground, the obverse carries the bank title "Bank Polski" in italic script at upper centre, with the denomination "PIĘĆ ZŁOTYCH" in large sans-serif capitals below. To the right, an intaglio vignette presents a female portrait — a young woman in Renaissance-style dress and jewelled headdress — set within a circular guilloche frame and surrounded by foliate ornament. The issue date "Warszawa d. 2 Stycznia 1930 r." appears in the central field, accompanied by three manuscript facsimile signatures below the titles Prezes Banku, Naczelny Dyrektor, and Skarbnik; the series letters and serial number are printed in red at the foot of the note. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Bank Polski contracted Hungarian Banknote Printing Company in Budapest for this series at a time when Poland's own printing infrastructure was still limited — the country had only re-established itself as an independent state a decade earlier, and outsourcing high-security work to established Central European printers was common practice. Magyar Pénzjegynyomda had the presses, the paper stock, and the intaglio expertise that Warsaw could not yet reliably replicate domestically.
Ryszard Kleczewski designed several notes in the broader Bank Polski output of this period. Rupert Franke's engraving work was well regarded across multiple issuing authorities in the region during the interwar decades.