POLISH NOTES THROUGH THE 20TH CENTURY

 

The three Polish notes above are all from the inter war period (1919-1939) but all have stamps which lead us to believe that they were still in use in 1939. Germany tried to occupy the whole of Poland in 1939 but, by breaking an accord with Soviet Russia , meant that Russia held half of Poland and Germany the other half until !941 when Germany went on the offensive and took the rest of Poland and went on to attack on the Eastern Front, the rest of Russia.

The first note above is the 50 Zlotych note from 1929. and you will see it has an overprint of the Deutsche LuftPost (german airmail) and the eagle and swastika of Nazi Germany. It also has the number 1024 which I am still researching to see what it signifies.

Next is the 100 Zlotych note from 1932, again with the Deutsche Luftpost stamp. it has Prince Jozef Poniatowski on the front and an oak tree on the reverse signifying the history of Poland.

The final note in this section above, is the 20 Zlotych note from 1936. now the overprint stamps are different and carry the SS sign and different wording  - which i cant make out - the note itself has Countess Emilia Plater  on the front and Wawel Castle in Krakow

the two notes above are the 1000 Zlotych and 500 Zlotch notes Respectively and you can find a description HERE . The only thing of note is the square stamp on the 500 Zlotych note which has a Masonic symbol on it and the ink has seeped through the paper to give it a see-through like lady's nylon stockings !!!

This final polish note is the 50 Zlotych note from 1988 and it has Karol Swierczewski on the front and the Order of the Cross of Grunwald on the reverse.

DONATED NOTES

All the notes in this post were given to me by one of my colleagues who I met while counting the postal ballots at the "brexit" referendum. Mary does a lot of travelling and had a few notes hanging about which she passed on to me. Thank you . Good luck on your travels.

The first two notes are from the African Continent .The first one is the 1000 shillings from Uganda and dated as 2015.The reverse of the note, as well as some antelope it also has the outline of the country's borders with a line where the equator travels across the country. The second, slightly older note is from 2013 and comes from Ghana. The 5 Cedis note has the big six and independence arch on the front and on the reverse is the university of Ghana and the Balme library

see more Ugandan notes HERE and Ghana notes HERE, HERE and HERE

These next two notes, from the Asian continent, are from Malaysia and Sri Lanka respectively.
The first is the 1 Ringgit and although it has no date on it it has to be after 2012 and has T A Rahman on the front with a Malaysian moon kite on the reverse.
the second note is a 10 rupee from Sri Lanka with the lion on the front and the stork and government secritariat building as well as flowers at the bottom.

see more notes from Malaysia HERE and more  from Sri Lanka HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE

This next note is from the UAE and is the 10 Diram note from 2007 sporting the Khanjar , the ceremonial dagger of the region. on the front  and a farm with a bird of prey on the lower left.

More UAE notes HERE

The final note is the Polish 20 Zlotych note from 1994 with Boleslaw I , the first king of Poland with one of his silver Denar coins on the reverse.

More Polish Notes HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE

POLISH 5 MAREK NOTE

Here we have a very well used 5 Marek Polish Mark) note issued in poland in 1919. This was the 3rd issue of that year. During and after the second world war Poland was administered by Austria and there were 4 currencies in circulation in Poland but none of them Polish, in 1917 they issued their own currency linked to the German mark but with the war and armed struggles after the polish currency failed and inflation went through the roof.

The note above was issued at the start of the hype inflation.the 1922-23 issue starts at 10000 marek as the lowest note.

This note has Tadeusz Kosciuszko , a military leader from the late 1700's and early 1800's on the front right of the note

More Polish Notes HERE and HERE and Danzig notes HERE

POLISH ZLOTYCH

Here we have a Polish 20 Zlotych (pronounced like Slotty??)  from 1982 and has Romuald Traugutt one of the leaders of the January uprising in 1863.

more polish notes HERE

DANZIG

The Free City of Danzig was created by the treaty of versailles which lasted between the two world wars. It was made up of the city of Danzig - today called Gdansk - and 200 towns in the area surrounding the city. Previously it was part of Prussia , West Prussia and the Weirmar Republic and existed between 1920 and 1939. The city was administered by the local nazi party from 1933 until 1939 when the Yalta conference decided it should be part of Poland.

Monetary Unit: 1 Mark = 100 pfennig

The Notes above are the emergency money issued in 1919 as the city state was being set up and was issued by the city council.

The notes are the 50 and 10 Pfennig notes and both are uniface.

see also Poland and Germany

POLAND

The Republic of Poland is a country in central Europe with its capital city as Warsaw.The Kingdom of Poland, which is roughly equal to modern day Poland, was formed in 1025 and survived many wars up to the second world war where its capital was 85% destroyed. after 1945 Poland became part of the Soviet Bloc until 1989 when it collapsed and multi-party elections occurred.

monetary unit: 1Zloty = 100 Groszy 1919 onward

The 3 notes above are the 1000, 500 and 100 Zloty notes. the 1000 note is from the 1982 issue with Copernicus on the front and atomic symbols on the reverse. the 500 Zloty from 1979, has Tadeusz Kosciuszko on the front and arms and a flag on the reverse.The 100 Zloty note has Ludwik Warynski, a socialist activist, on the front and his Newspaper - The Organ of the Proletariat on the reverse.this note is from 1986.

This note is the 50 Zloty note from 1948. It has a sailor on the front and ships docked in the harbour on the reverse.