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5 Zlotych
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 5 Zlotys (5 Złotych) |
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| Obverse description | Violet-brown intaglio print on a light green guilloche underprint. At top centre, the Polish state eagle displayed within a heraldic shield, flanked by ornate scrollwork vignettes; large numeral '5' appears at left and right. The denomination 'PIĘĆ ZŁOTYCH' is printed in bold lettering across the centre, with two-part serial numbers in red at lower left and right, and the legal tender obligation inscription within a cartouche at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | NARODOWY BANK POLSKI PIĘĆ ZŁOTYCH PRZYJMOWANIE WE WSZYSTKICH WYPŁATACH JEST OBOWIĄZKOWYM (Translation: Polish National Bank / Five Zlotych / Acceptance in all payments is obligatory) |
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This note belongs to the PKWN series — named for the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego, the Soviet-backed provisional authority established in Lublin in July 1944 as the Red Army pushed westward through occupied Poland. The series was prepared before liberation was complete, intended to replace both Nazi occupation currency and the London government-in-exile's own notes simultaneously, a deliberate act of monetary politics as much as economic necessity.
Printed in the USSR, not Poland.