Catalog
500 Zlotych
| Issuer | Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Second Zloty (1924-1949) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK POLSKI PIĘCSET ZŁOTYCH WARSZAWA dn 28 Lutego 1919 roku DYREKCJA BANKU POLSKIEGO GŁÓWNY SKARBNIK ZŁOTYCH 500 |
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| Reverse lettering | NA MOCY UCHWAŁY SEJMOWEJ BILETY BANKU POLSKIEGO SĄ PRAWNYM ŚRODKIEM PŁATNICZYM W POLSCE PODRABIANIE BILETÓW I WSPÓŁDZIAŁANIE W ICH ROZPOWSZECHNIANIU KARANE JEST CIĘŻKIEM WIĘZIENIEM PIĘCSET ZŁOTYCH 500 |
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| Comments |
Bank Polski's 500 Złotych of 1919 was issued during an extraordinary window — Poland had just re-emerged as a sovereign state after 123 years of partition, and the new government desperately needed a functioning currency before any stable monetary infrastructure existed. Waterlow & Sons in London produced the notes because there was no domestic printing capacity capable of handling the job.
The Polish mark was already in circulation alongside this zloty-denominated paper, creating genuine confusion in daily commerce. The watermark security feature was among the few practical counterfeit deterrents available under the rushed production timeline.