80th Anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising
The front of the note: Along the top, a rectangular plane filled with microtext inscriptions: POWSTANIEWARSZAWSKIE1944 (WarsawUprising1944).. Read more ». In the middle of the plane, an image of the Eagle established as the national emblem of the Republic of Poland and the inscription: NARODOWY / BANK POLSKI; on the right of the inscription, the letter: W, in the left corner, vertically, the number: 20, made up of digits at a right angle. Below the Eagle, the inscription: Warszawa, 10 stycznia 2024 r. (Warsaw, 10 January 2024); below it, the inscriptions: Prezes (Governor) and a signature and Główny / Skarbnik (Chief Treasurer). Along the left edge of the banknote, vertically, a notation of the numbering. In the left bottom corner, markings for the blind – vertically, the embossed number: XX made up of digits at a right angle. On the left of the number 20, inscription: DWADZIEŚCIA ZŁOTYCH (twenty złoty). In the background of the banknote, the inscriptions: 1 VIII, 1944, and the symbol of Fighting Poland.
The back of the note: on the left, silhouettes of insurgents with rifles against the background of a fragment of ruined buildings in Krakowskie Przedmieście Street in Warsaw; in the left bottom corner, the number: 20 composed of the inscriptions: 1VIII1944; below the number, the inscription: DWADZIEŚCIA / ZŁOTYCH (twenty złoty). On the right, a field altar during the mass celebrated by Capt. Rev. Mieczysław Paszkiewicz in the courtyard in Poznańska Street in Warsaw; its background is made up of the inscriptions: 1 VIII, 1944, NBP and the Fighting Poland Symbol, a shield with an image of an eagle, a cross and a flag. Along the upper part, a rectangular plane with microtext inscriptions: NARODOWYBANKPOLSKI20ZŁOTYCH. On the right, the inscription: NARODOWY BANK POLSKI; on the left, the inscription: BANKNOTY EMITOWANE PRZEZ / NARODOWY BANK POLSKI / SĄ PRAWNYM ŚRODKIEM / PŁATNICZYM W POLSCE (Banknotes issued by Narodowy Bank Polski / are legal tender in Poland), and the letter: W. On the left, a fragment of the record from 1 August 1964, from Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński’s book Pro memoria: “ZE CZCIĄ WSPOMINAMY GORĄCĄ WIARĘ DZIECI I MŁODZIEŻY WARSZAWSKIEJ, KTÓRA Z ŻARLIWOŚCIĄ WALCZYŁA O PROMYKI WOLNOŚCI. CZEŚĆ GŁĘBOKA DLA OFIARNEJ KRWI” (We reverence the memory of the passionate faith of the children and youth of Warsaw who ardently struggled for rays of freedom. We pay tribute to their sacrificial blood). The background of the banknote is composed of a guilloche and the Fighting Poland Symbol.
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