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Poland 1988 50 Złotych banknote prefix HK6400358 missing date and signatures of Prezes and Główny Skarbnik due to typographic printing omission

Poland 1988 - 50 Zlotych Prefix HK Missing Signatures Date Print Error Issued Note (Pick 142c)

The portrait depicts General Karol Świerczewski, a prominent military figure of the Polish People’s Republic era. The surrounding design incorporates a dense offset guilloche network and intaglio portrait engraving typical of late communist-period banknote production at Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych in Warsaw. Read more →

PolandIssued Note Error (Missing Print)198850 ZłotychRaw (Circulated) Issued Error NoteMissing Print ErrorMissing SignaturesMissing Date PanelTypographic OmissionKarol Swierczewski PortraitNarodowy Bank PolskiPolska Wytwornia Papierow WartosciowychPWPW Security PrintingLate Communist Era BanknotesPrefix HKSerial HK64003581988 Series50 ZlotychPick 142cCM165CM166CM167CM168CM169CM170Poland1988Error NoteMuseum Grade
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Poland 1988 50 Zlotych banknote prefix HK0082865 featuring the portrait of Karol Swierczewski, graded PMG 68 EPQ Superb Gem Uncirculated

Poland 1988 - 50 Zlotych Prefix HK Issued Note (Pick 142c)

The obverse presents the portrait of General Karol Świerczewski, a military figure associated with the communist period of Polish history. His portrait is rendered in detailed intaglio engraving and surrounded by a complex network of offset guilloche patterns designed both for aesthetic balance and security. The large open watermark field at left contains the 'Eagle Arms' watermark, a stylized representation of Poland’s national emblem embedded into the paper during manufacture.

Late PRL Banknotes Superb Gem Uncirculated
Poland 1936 50 Zlotych Jan Henryk Dabrowski, Pick 78a, PMG 55 EPQ

Poland 1936 - 50 Zlotych Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (Pick 78a, Miłczak 77a–b)

The 50 Zlotych note dated 11 November 1936 with the portrait of General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski represents the highest artistic and symbolic achievement of Polish interwar banknote design. Conceived as the flagship denomination of a fully modernized Bank Polski series, it was intended to embody state continuity, national identity, and technical excellence at a moment when the Second Polish Republic had reached institutional maturity.

Poland 1940 Bank Emisyjny w Polsce 20 Złotych Prefix A approval specimen, Kraków issue, with Emilia Plater portrait on the obverse

Poland 1940 - 20 Zlotych Bank Emisyjny w Polsce Prefix A Kraków Issue Approval Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

The artistic program is deliberate and historically anchored. Allegorical figures flank the central denomination panel in a restrained classical idiom that continues the visual language of late interwar Polish banknotes. Rather than introducing a new aesthetic, the issuing authority preserved familiar compositional structures associated with order, continuity, and institutional legitimacy. In the context of occupation, this was a calculated design choice: authority was asserted through familiarity rather than disruption.

General Government Emilia Plater
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