2018-06-07 Thu

Poland is an eastern European country on the Baltic Sea known for its medieval architecture and Jewish heritage. Warsaw, the capital of Poland, has shopping centres and exciting nightlife. It is also famous for the Warsaw Uprising Museum, which honours the city’s WWII-era resistance to German occupation.

In the city of Krakow, 14th-century Wawel Castle that rises above the medieval old town was home to Cloth Hall, a Renaissance trading post in Rynek Glowny (market square).

The zloty is the currency of Poland. The word is the masculine form of the Polish adjective 'golden'. The modern zloty is subdivided into 100 groszy. The depicted in the image is twenty Zloty banknote issued in the year 1982. The note specifications are as follows:

Obverse: Brown and purple on the multicolour underprint. The legend ‘Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa’ is seen on top. The portrait of R. Traugutt is printed in centre and watermark window on left. The denomination is printed on right with signature and coat of arms of Poland below it. The serial number is printed on the top left and bottom right corners with denomination seen on the bottom left corner.

Reverse: The legend ‘Narodowy Bank Polski’ is seen on the top panel. The large face value is depicted in the centre with promissory text below it. The denomination in numeral is seen in bottom left and top right corners.

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