| Issuer | Poland |
| Year | 1941 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Value | 5 Zlotys (5 Złotych) |
| Currency | Second Zloty (1924-1949) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 150 × 82 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Polish Security Printing Works (Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych S.A.), Warsaw, Poland, Poland (1919-date) |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Leonard Sowiński |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 10 January 1945 |
| Reference(s) | P#101 |
| Obverse description | Blue, gray and green letterpress print. On the right side, in a medallion, a woman`s head, ornamental composition. The figure of the woman is strikingly similar to Stanisława Serafińska, whose portrait titled `Kasztelanka` was painted in 1876 by Jan Matejko. Stanisława Serafińska was the daughter of Joanna née Giebułtowska and Leon Serafiński. She was also the niece of Matejko`s wife, Teodora. In the unprinted field there is an image depicting a gamekeeper from Białowieża. Below is a guilloché rosette. |
| Reverse description | In the center there is an inscription `Bank of Issue in Poland`, an ornamental composition. Letterpress print in steel blue and gray. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | All-over grid of horizontal rhombuses. |
| Obverse lettering | 5 ZLOTYCH
BANK EMISYJNY W POLSCE
KRAKÓW 1.SIERPNIA 1941 R.
PREZYDENT ZASTĘPCA PREZYDENTA (Translation: 5 ZLOTY BANK OF ISSUE IN POLAND KRAKOW, AUGUST 1, 1941 PRESIDENT DEPUTY PRESIDENT) |
| Reverse lettering | BANK EMISYJNY W POLSCE
PIĘĆ ZŁOTYCH (Translation: Bank of Issue in Poland 5 Zloty) |
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| Catalog ID | 3279455940 |
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