Variety of the design without the series designation, numbering in red 00000, red printing in small letters SPECIMEN only on the obverse, bill perforated with three holes ca 5 mm in diameter.
Beautiful design by Zygmunt Karpinski with a portrait of a girl in a Pszczyna wedding dress (according to a photograph by M.Steckel).
Banknote in excellent issue condition, as evidenced by the excellent note from PMG.
A distinctive item with colorful phosphorescent confetti distributed throughout the banknote's field in excellent condition.
In September 1939, the Bank of Poland was evacuated to Paris and began preparing a new issue of banknotes. It was intended to be the currency in force in Poland after the end of World War II. The banknotes were made on high-quality, special bank paper, using the so-called intaglio and intaglio technique. The first issue, dated August 15, was made at the Bradbruy, Wilkinson & Co New Malden (UK) printing house and the Thomas de la Rue & Co London printing house, and included denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 zlotys. The second issue came out of the Amercan Bank Note Company printing plant in New York and included denominations of 20 and 50 zlotys. The banknotes were never put into circulation, and in 1951 the mintage was destroyed, leaving only 1,000 circulating pieces each and 1,000 pieces with the MODEL imprint.
