50 Zlotych

Issuer	Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland)
Year	1975-1988
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Intaglio-printed three-quarter portrait vignette of General Karol Świerczewski in military uniform and peaked cap occupies the center of the note, his name inscribed below in two lines. To the right, a large guilloche rosette carries the Polish eagle arms at its center, flanked by the denomination numeral 50 above and two facsimile signatures below the titles PREZES and GŁÓWNY SKARBNIK. The multicolor guilloche underprint extends across the entire field in teal, gold, and olive tones, with the bank title NARODOWY BANK POLSKI arching across the top and the denomination PIĘĆDZIESIĄT ZŁOTYCH and issue date at lower right.
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Reverse description	The central vignette on the reverse is a large intaglio rendering of the Order of the Cross of Grunwald, a gold-toned Maltese cross with a shield bearing two crossed swords at its center, set against a finely executed multicolor guilloche background of radiating wave patterns in teal and ochre. The denomination 50 appears at upper right within a decorative frame, and the large cursive NBP monogram is printed to the lower right. The full denomination PIĘĆDZIESIĄT ZŁOTYCH runs along the lower left, with the legal tender clause in small capitals along the very bottom edge.
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Variants	P#142a - 09.05.1975 P#142b - 01.06.1979 & 01.06.1982 P#142c - 01.06.1986 & 01.12.1988
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