Historical coins and banknotes of Poland

1924 - See Dziennik Ustaw 1924-045

The banknotes of the series of 1948 were designed by Polish painter and decorative artist Wacław Borowski. The introduction of these notes was part of the currency reform of 1950,[1] so the banknotes had to be printed quickly and in secrecy; so printing works in Poland (PWPW), Czechoslovakia (STC), Hungary (Pénzjegynyomda), Sweden (Riksbankens Sedeltryckeri), and Canada (British American Bank Note Company Ltd.) were involved.

Series of 1948
Image		Value	Dimensions	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse			Obverse	Reverse	first printing	issue	withdrawal	lapse
		2 zł	120 mm × 58 mm	Face value	The design of the (then) future NBP building at Warsaw Uprising Square in Warsaw	1 July 1948	30 October 1950	1 January 1960	30 June 1960
		5 zł	142 mm × 67 mm	Face value	Farmer plowing a field with a tractor
		10 zł	148 mm × 70 mm	Portrait of a peasant (inspired by Mateusz Jóźwiak, the creator of cast printing matrices at PWPW)	Peasants loading sheaves to a ladder wagon.			31 December 1965	30 June 1966
		20 zł	160 mm × 76 mm	Portrait of a woman in kerchief (nicknamed "Anielka"; the portrait was supposedly inspired by Helena Michalik (née Bujak), who was a friend of Wacław Borowski)[2][3]	Kraków Cloth Hall			30 June 1977	31 December 1977
		50 zł	164 mm × 78 mm	Portrait of a fisherman	Port of Gdynia			30 June 1978	31 December 1978
		100 zł	172 mm × 82 mm	Portrait of a worker (a so-called "Pstrowski"; portrait inspired by Bronisław Tomaszewski, who was a driver at PWPW)	View of a factory with smoking chimneys (probably Łódź)			30 June 1977	31 December 1977
		500 zł	178 mm × 85 mm	Portrait of a miner in helmet	Underground mining scene			31 December 1977	30 June 1978
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.