Historical coins and banknotes of Poland

The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth first issued złotych banknotes in 1794 under the authority of Tadeusz Kościuszko. The 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 złotych are depicted above. A 500 and 1,000 złotych were issued but are very rare.

This a list of historical coins and banknotes of Poland.

Before the 20th century

**Polish coins and banknotes**
Unit (ZŁ)	Obverse	Reverse
Coins (Kingdom of Poland)
Banknotes (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth)
4 zł
Banknotes (Duchy of Warsaw)
Coins (1815-1850)
2 zł
5 zł
Banknotes (1850-1917)

20th-century and interwar

**Polish coins and banknotes**
Unit (ZŁ)	Obverse	Reverse
Banknotes (1917-1924)
¹⁄₂ mark
10 marks
50 marks
100 marks
Banknotes (1924-1939)
10 gr
2 zł (1936)
5 zł (1930)
10 zł (1929)
20 zł (1929)
20 zł (1931)
20 zł (1936)
50 zł (1929)
50 zł (1936)
100 zł (1934)
Banknotes (1939-1944)
1 zł (1940)
1 zł (1941)
2 zł (1941)
5 zł (1940)
5 zł (1941)
10 zł (1940)
20 zł (1940)
50 zł (1940)
50 zł (1941)
100 zł (1940)
100 zł (1941)
500 zł (1940)

Coins

1924 - See Dziennik Ustaw 1924-045

Post-WWII

**Polish coins and banknotes**
Image	Unit (ZŁ)	Obverse	Reverse
Banknotes (1945-1950)
	20 zł
	100 zł
	500 zł
	1000 zł
Banknotes (1950-1978)
	2 zł
	5 zł
	10 zł
	20 zł
	50 zł
	100 zł
	500 zł
	1000 zł

1974 series

1974 Series
Image	Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	Printed
	10 zł	139 x 63 mm	Bluish green	Józef Bem	Indication of value	1982
	20 zł		Multicoloured	Romuald Traugutt	Indication of value	1982
	50 zł		Green	Karol Świerczewski	Grunwald Cross Medal	1975
	100 zł		Red	Ludwik Waryński	"Proletaryat" (19th century Polish socialist party)	1975
	200 zł		Violet	Jarosław Dąbrowski	Monument to the Dead (of the Paris Commune) by Paul Moreau-Vauthier in the Père Lachaise Cemetery	1976
	500 zł		Brown	Tadeusz Kościuszko	"Żywią i Bronią" (They feed and defend), flag of Polish soldiers in Kraków during the Kościuszko Uprising	1974
	1000 zł		Blue	Nicolaus Copernicus	Heliocentric Solar System	1975
	2000 zł		Brown	Mieszko I	Bolesław I the Brave	1977
	5000 zł		Green	Frédéric Chopin	Polonaise notes	1982
	10 000 zł		Green and violet	Stanisław Wyspiański	Kraków	1988
	20 000 zł		Orange	Maria Skłodowska-Curie	Nuclear reactor "Ewa" near Warsaw	1989
	50 000 zł		Brown	Stanisław Staszic	The Staszic Palace in Warsaw	1989
	100 000 zł		Blue	Stanisław Moniuszko	Teatr Wielki, Warsaw	1990
	200 000 zł		Brown	Coat of arms	Warsaw	1989
	500 000 zł		Blue and brown	Henryk Sienkiewicz	"Trilogy"	1990
	1 000 000 zł		Light brown	Władysław Reymont	Country landscape	1991
	2 000 000 zł		Multicoloured	Ignacy Jan Paderewski	The 1919 Coat of arms of Poland	1992
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimeter, a standard for world banknotes.