A rare single-letter series, the sought-after A series.
The number of this twenty is listed in every edition of Miłczak, and the versions of the oldest catalogs (black and white) also have photos of this bill. This banknote accompanied every edition of the catalog.
Number listed in the Czeslaw Miłczak catalog 2012 edition, Volume II page 158.
The banknote bears a PMG certificate with a PMG grade of 58.
Piece cleaned. Paper color lightened.
A rare piece in this state of preservation.
As part of the 1950 monetary reform, a new series of banknotes issued on July 1, 1948 was introduced into circulation, which consisted of seven denominations. When the decision was made to print the new paper money needed for the reform, it turned out that PWPW's production capacity was completely used up by the production of current banknotes. Soviet printing houses were in the process of printing paper money for their own reform, and therefore could not accept the Polish order. For this reason, they turned to other foreign paper money printing plants, which executed an order for the NBP between 1948 and 1950. Banknotes printed outside the country were rolled over to the PWPW.
Designed by Waclaw Borowski, the banknotes of the July 1, 1948 issue have a consistent style. In this series of banknotes, depictions of people were limited to busts. They were missing on the two lowest denominations. The obverses featured anonymous "heroes of the new regime." On the reverses a visual commentary was placed to complete the "story" of the figure shown on the obverse - there are characteristic places of their life and work.
In November 1959, the NBP Board decided to supplement the monetary circulation by introducing a denomination - 1000 zlotys. The design of the new banknote was to be selected in a closed competition, to which ten graphic designers were invited. The resulting 1000 zloty banknote, designed by Henryk Tomaszewski and Julian Palka, was developed by engravers and engravers in the early 1960s. It was originally planned to be released into circulation with an issue date of May 24, 1962. After a trial batch was made, production was postponed indefinitely. Eventually, the thousand-dollar note was put into circulation on June 1, 1966, during the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the Polish State.
The banknote, which was introduced into circulation, had a smaller format, a completely new artwork and multicolored tones, unlike the paper money designed by Waclaw Borowski. It was the first Polish postwar paper money to feature the likeness of a historical figure.
