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500 Zlotys WW2 Polish Government in Exile
| Issuer | Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1939 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK POLSKI / PIĘCSET ZŁOTYCH / WARSZAWA, DNIA 15 SIERPNIA 1939 R. / PREZES / NACZELNY DYREKTOR / GŁÓWNY SKARBNIK / E. MERONTI FEC. THOMAS DE LA RUE & CO. LTD. LONDON WL VACEK SC. |
| Reverse description | Purple intaglio on plain paper. The central vignette presents a panoramic view of a busy Polish seaport — identified as Gdynia — with large cargo vessels, cranes, and modern harbour buildings rendered in precise intaglio engraving. The denomination PIĘCSET ZŁOTYCH is inscribed in the upper border panel within ornamental guilloche frames, and the numeral 500 appears at the lower right. A text panel at the bottom centre reads BILETY BANKU POLSKIEGO SĄ PRAWNYM ŚRODKIEM PŁATNICZYM W POLSCE, with the printer's imprint THOMAS DE LA RUE & CO. LTD. LONDON in small lettering below. |
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