Polish coins and banknotes

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Current Polish coins and banknotes issued by the National Bank of Poland, see also Polish złoty.

Coins

Although some of the coins were minted as early as 1990, they were not released until 1 January 1995, when złoty was redenominated.

1990 Series [link]
Image		Value	Diameter	Weight	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse	First Minted Year
		1 grosz	15.5 mm	1.64 g	Steel bronze	Serrated	State title and the eagle of the coat of arms	Value and 1 leaf	1990
		2 grosze	17.5 mm	2.13 g		Plain		Value and 2 leaves
		5 groszy	19.5 mm	2.59 g		Alternately smooth and serrated		Value and 5 leaves
		10 groszy	16.5 mm	2.51 g	Cupronickel	Alternately smooth and serrated	State title and the eagle of the coat of arms	Value and encircling leaves	1990
		20 groszy	18.5 mm	3.22 g		Serrated		Value and square-shaped leaves
		50 groszy	20.5 mm	3.94 g				Value and leaves in semi-circle shape
		1 złoty	23 mm	5 g		Alternately smooth and serrated		Value and leaves in full-circle shape
		2 złote	21.5 mm Core: 12 mm	5.21 g	Ring: Aluminium bronze Center: Cupronickel	Plain		Value and 2 leaves in the ring portion	1994
		5 złotych	24 mm Core: 16 mm	6.54 g	Ring: Cupronickel Center: Aluminium bronze	Irregularly milled	State title and the eagle of the coat of arms	Value and 5 leaves in the ring portion	1994
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimeter, a standard for world coins.

Banknotes

1994 Series [link]
Image		Value	Dimensions	Color	Obverse	Reverse	Printed Date	Issued Date	Watermark
		10 złotych	120 x 60 mm	Dark brown, green	Mieszko I	Denar coin during the reign of Mieszko I	25 March 1994	1 January 1995	As portrait
		20 złotych	126 x 63 mm	Violet, pink	Boleslav I	Denar coin during the reign of Boleslav I
		50 złotych	132 x 66 mm	Navy blue, blue, light green	Casimir III	Eagle from the royal seal of Casimir III
		100 złotych	138 x 69 mm	Obverse: Green, olive green, light violet, blue Reverse: Dark green, olive green, brown, orange	Władysław II Jagiełło	Shield bearing eagle from the tombstone of Władysław II Jagiełło
		200 złotych	144 x 72 mm	Obverse: Brown, light yellow, olive green Reverse: Brown, olive green	Sigismund I the Old	Eagle intertwined with "S", within hexagon from the Sigismund Chapel in the Wawel Cathedral

Commemorative banknote

Commemorative Series [link]
Value	Dimensions	Color	Obverse	Reverse	Printed Date	Issued Date	Watermark
50 złotych		Blue background, yellow portrait	Pope John Paul II	Holy Mass for the inauguration	?	16 October 2006	?

See also

• Historical coins and banknotes of Poland

 

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