Polish coins and banknotes

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

Contents 1 Coins 2 Banknotes 3 Commemorative banknote 4 See also

[edit] 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 [1]
Image		Value	Technical parameters			Description			Date of first minting
Obverse	Reverse		Diameter	Mass	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse
		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 zł	23 mm	5 g		Alternately smooth and serrated		Value and leaves in full-circle shape
		2 zł	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 zł	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 millimetre, a standard for world coins. For table standards, see the coin specification table.

[edit] Banknotes

1994 Series [2]
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main colour	Description			Date of
Obverse	Reverse				Obverse	Reverse	Watermark	printing	issue
		10 zł	120 × 60 mm	Dark brown	Mieszko I	Denar coin during the reign of Mieszko I	As portrait	25 March 1994	1 January 1995
		20 zł	126 × 63 mm	Violet, pink	Boleslav I	Denar coin during the reign of Boleslav I
		50 zł	132 × 66 mm	Dark blue	Casimir III	Eagle from the royal seal of Casimir III
		100 zł	138 × 69 mm	Dark green	Władysław II Jagiełło	Shield bearing eagle from the tombstone of Władysław II Jagiełło
		200 zł	144 × 72 mm	Brown, orange	Sigismund I the Old	Eagle intertwined with "S", within hexagon from the Sigismund Chapel in the Wawel Cathedral
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

[edit] Commemorative banknote

Commemorative Series [3]
Value	Dimensions	Main colour	Description			Date of
			Obverse	Reverse	Watermark	printing	issue
50 zł		Blue background, yellow portrait	Pope John Paul II	Holy Mass for the inauguration	?	?	16 October 2006

[edit] See also

• Historical coins and banknotes of Poland