Dark blue on pale blue and light red underprint. Portrait of a woman wearing a headscarf, eagle at the center.
Reverse description
Cloth Hall in Cracow
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
A male head facing right
Obverse lettering
NARODOWY BANK POLSKI
20
DWADZIEŚCIA
ZŁOTYCH
WARSZAWA
DNIA 1 LIPCA
1948 ROKU (Translation: National Bank of Poland 20 Twenty Zlotys Warsaw [In the day of] July 1st The year of 1948)
Reverse lettering
DWADZIEŚCIA
ZŁOTYCH
BILETY NARODOWEGO BANKU POLSKIEGO SĄ PRAWNYM ŚRODKIEM PŁATNICZYM W
POLSCE (Translation: Twenty Zlotys Banknotes issued by the National Bank of Poland are legal tender in Poland)
Variants
There exists a very rare variant with rounded edges and an overprint "in silver" (У СРЕБРУ). Only 3 known samples exist, with serial numbers A.059 998, A.059 999 and A.059 000.
