2019-10-14 Mon

The National Bank of Poland has released new commemorative banknotes which remember the country’s first currency issued just after the re-establishment of Polish independence following the conclusion of the First World War.

The Polish Security Printing Works (Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Warto?ciowych — PWPW) was established on the 25th January 1919 pursuant to the decision of the Council of Ministers headed by Prime Minister Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

The features of this first-ever 19-z?otych denominated banknote are as follows –
• Color – Predominantly blue
• Size – 150 by 77 millimetres
• Inscription – Independence (handwriting of Józef Pi?sudski)
• Front – A holographic stripe with the image of an eagle, the year the establishment of the National Printing Works, portrait of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, and a stylized image of the Order of the White Eagle
• Reverse – Image of the current headquarters of the PWPW building presented against the backdrop of a panoramic view of contemporary Warsaw. PWPW logo printed in the SPARK Live technology application, and an iridescent stripe in the form of the number 19 and the abbreviation NBP, repeated alternately. The portrait of Ignacy Jan Paderewski used on the note was from a steel engraving created by Krystian Michalczuk, while the design of the rest of the note was created by Justyna Kopecka.

Security features include an embossed element for the visually impaired, a see-through register of aligned printing, and a vertical holographic stripe and a watermark with the image of the crowned eagle, the national insignia of the Polish Republic.

Image Courtesy: Coin Update