20 Złotych 2024

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20 Złotych 2024 front image

Reverse Image:
20 Złotych 2024 back image

Obverse UV Image:
20 Złotych 2024 front UV image

No reverse UV features.

Variant Image:
20 Złotych 2024 variant image

Watermark:
20 Złotych 2024 watermark image

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Country: Poland

Series: 2024 "80th Anniversary of Warsaw Uprising" Commemorative Issue

Value: 20 Złotych (PLN)

Date on Banknote: 2024

Date of Issue: July 26, 2024

Substrate: Paper (regular/other)

Issuing Authority: Narodowy Bank Polski

Banknote Type: Commemorative

Pick No.: 198

The Banknote Book No.: BNP828 a

Width: 150.00 mm

Height: 77.00 mm

Similar Banknote: None

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Watermark/Clear Window Description:
"Kotwica (anchor)" symbol on brick wall, electrotype 1944.

The kotwica was an emblem of the Polish Underground State and Armia Krajowa used during World War II. It was created in 1942 by members of the Wawer minor sabotage unit within the AK, as an easily usable emblem for the struggle to regain the country's independence. The initial meaning of the initialism PW was "pomścimy Wawer" ('We shall avenge Wawer'), in reference to the 1939 Wawer massacre, which was considered to be one of the first large scale massacres of Polish civilians by German troops in occupied Poland. At first, Polish scouts from sabotage units painted the whole phrase upon walls. However, it was soon abbreviated to PW, which came to symbolise the phrase "Polska walcząca" ('fighting Poland').

Plate/Underprint Letter: None

Variety Description / Further Information:
Collector banknote commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising 1944.
Issue price: 140 PLN.
Mintage: 80,000 notes in paper folder;
Designer: Justyna Kopecka

Security Details:
Crane RAPID Vision micro-optics windowed security thread with main symbols of the banknote;
SPARK optically variable ink denomination 20, changing colour from green to blue, with brick wall effects;
See-through register "W";
Embossed printing "XX";
Multi-tonal watermark;
Iridiscent stripe element "Iris4note" (golden) and optically variable ink stripe element "Opal4note" (green-to-blue) on reverse, symbolizing a brick wall;
Printing techniques used: Intaglio printing, offset printing, special raster print, microtext, blind embossing, silkscreen printing, rainbow printing, use of UV-active ink.

Prefix/Suffix:
PW (for "Polska walcząca" ('fighting Poland'))

Keywords:
World War

Withdraw Date: Unknown

Demonetization Date: Unknown

Signatures

Obverse First Predominant Color: blue

Obverse Second Predominant Color: brown

Obverse Description:

Insurgents on a barricade, looking at PAST-building in Warsaw (telecommunication company);
Group of german prisoners of war (at center);
Polish flag.

Reverse First Predominant Color: blue

Reverse Second Predominant Color: brown

Reverse Description:

Images of soldiers against the background of destroyed buildings, captured from the interiors of the church of the holy cross, as well as a field mass celebrated in the courtyard at 12 Poznanska Street.

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Sources:

https://www.nbp.pl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotwica
https://www.geldscheine-online.com/post/polen-80-jahrestag-des-ausbruchs-des-warschauer-aufstandes
https://nbp.pl/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/folder_80.Rocznica-Powstawnia_2024_EN-WWW.pdf
Linzmayer, Owen W. The Banknote Book: Poland
Schmidt, Tracy L. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, Modern Issues, 1961-Present. 24nd edition

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