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50 Zlotych
| Issuer | Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland) |
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| Year | 1975-1988 |
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| In circulation to | 1995 |
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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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| Obverse lettering | NARODOWY BANK POLSKI 50 PIĘĆDZIESIĄT ZŁOTYCH WARSZAWA, 1 CZERWCA 1982 r. PREZES GŁÓWNY SKARBNIK KAROL ŚWIERCZEWSKI (Translation: National Bank of Poland / Fifty Zlotych / Warsaw, 1 June 1982 / President / Chief Treasurer / Karol Świerczewski) |
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The P#142 50 Złotych series ran across an unusually long production window — over a decade — during which Poland lurched through the Solidarity crisis, martial law under Jaruzelski, and the slow economic collapse of the 1980s. Chronic shortages and suppressed inflation meant these notes circulated heavily and for far longer than intended, which is why worn examples vastly outnumber anything approaching mint condition.
Printed domestically by PWPW throughout, the series required no foreign contract — a point of some political significance during a period when hard currency for overseas printing would have been difficult to justify.