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50 000 Zlotys
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland) |
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| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Stanisław Staszic, the Polish scholar and statesman, occupies the left and centre of the note in brown tones against a fine guilloche underprint. The denomination '50000' appears in large numerals at upper right and lower left, with the written value 'PIĘĆDZIESIĄT TYSIĘCY ZŁOTYCH' below the numeral block, accompanied by the date 'WARSZAWA, 1 GRUDNIA 1989 R.' and two facsimile signatures of the Prezes and Główny Skarbnik of the Narodowy Bank Polski flanking a central eagle vignette. The state title 'POLSKA RZECZPOSPOLITA LUDOWA' runs across the top margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | NARODOWY BANK POLSKI 50000 PIĘĆDZIESIĄT TYSIĘCY ZŁOTYCH WARSZAWA PAŁAC STASZICA BANKNOTY EMITOWANE PRZEZ NARODOWY BANK POLSKI SĄ PRAWNYM ŚRODKIEM PŁATNICZYM W POLSCE NBP |
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By 1989, Polish inflation was accelerating toward the hyperinflationary peak that would follow in 1990, and denominations like this 50,000 złoty note were a direct symptom — a face value that would have been unthinkable a decade earlier. The Narodowy Bank Polski had been issuing progressively larger denominations throughout the 1980s as the communist government's price controls collapsed under the weight of unsustainable subsidies and foreign debt.
Printed domestically by PWPW in Warsaw, the series avoided the foreign printing contracts Poland had occasionally used in earlier decades. The security thread runs vertically and is visible under transmitted light — a relatively modest feature for the period, though consistent with the broader PWPW output of the late communist era.