Polish 500 Zloty banknote |
Polish 500 Zloty, Port of Gdansk |
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Obverse: Portrait of a fisherman smoking a pipe and fishing nets in background.
Reverse: View of the Port of Gdynia - Port of Gdansk - the largest Polish seaport.
Legal notice: "Banknotes of Bank of Poland are legal tender in Poland" is the same for all banknotes printed for Polish government-in-exile during World War II.
Watermark: Profile portrait of the beautiful girl in a headscarf.
Prevailing colour - purple; Format 182 x 89 mm.
Graphic artist - Edouard Meronti and vignettes by Włodzimierz Vacek.
Date of issue - August 15, 1939 (not issued).
Signatures: President - Vladislav Byrka, Executive Director - Leon Baranski, Chief Treasurer - John Orczykowski.
Printed by Thomas De La Rue & Company Ltd., London England.