Polish coins and banknotes

{{Short description|Overview of coins and banknotes issued by the Polish govennment}}

{{For|a list of historical banknotes|Historical coins and banknotes of Poland}}

The following coins and banknotes are currently issued by the National Bank of Poland.

Coins

Although some of the coins were minted as early as 1990, they were not released until January 1, 1995, when the złoty was redenominated after hyperinflation was harnessed. There are 100 grosz (gr) to one złoty (zł).

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colspan="8" |1990 Series[http://www.nbp.pl/Homen.aspx?f=en/banknoty/monety.htm National Bank of Poland - Internet Information Service]
rowspan="2" | Valuecolspan="3"| Technical parameterscolspan="3"| Descriptionrowspan="2"| Date of first minting
DiameterMassCompositionEdgeObverseReverse
{{Coin-yellow-color}}

| 1 grosz

| 15.5 mm

| 1.64 g

|rowspan="3"| Steel bronze

| Serrated

|rowspan="3"| State title and the eagle of the coat of arms

| Value and 1 leaf

|rowspan="3"| 1990

{{Coin-yellow-color}}

| 2 grosze

| 17.5 mm

| 2.13 g

| Plain

| Value and 2 leaves

{{Coin-yellow-color}}

| 5 groszy

| 19.5 mm

| 2.59 g

| Alternately smooth and serrated

| Value and 5 leaves

{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 10 groszy

| 16.5 mm

| 2.51 g

|rowspan="4"| Cupronickel

| Alternately smooth and serrated

|rowspan="5"| State title and the eagle of the coat of arms

| Value and (10) encircling leaves

|rowspan="4"| 1990

{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 20 groszy

| 18.5 mm

| 3.22 g

|rowspan="2"| Serrated

| Value and (20) square-shaped leaves

{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 50 groszy

| 20.5 mm

| 3.94 g

| Value and (50) leaves in semicircle shape

{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 1 zł

| 23 mm

| 5 g

| Alternately smooth and serrated

| Value and (100) leaves in full-circle shape

{{Coin-yellow-color}}

| | 2 zł

| 21.5 mm
Core: 12 mm

| 5.21 g

| Ring: Aluminium bronze
Center: Cupronickel

| Plain

| Value and 2 leaves in the ring portion

| | 1994

{{Coin-silver-color}}

| | 5 zł

| 24 mm
Core: 16 mm[http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/monety_obiegowe/opisy.html#zl5 Five złoty dimensions from NBP]

| 6.54 g

| Ring: Cupronickel
Center: Aluminium bronze

| Irregularly milled

| State title and the eagle of the coat of arms

| Value and 5 leaves in the ring portion

| | 1994

colspan="8" |Note: due to copyright law in Poland the Polish złoty coins may not be freely reproduced.{{cite web |title=Banknotes & Counterfeit Deterrence |website=rulesforuse.org |url=https://rulesforuse.org/en/currencies/polish-zloty |accessdate=May 24, 2020}}

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colspan="8" |Modern Versions[http://www.nbp.pl/Homen.aspx?f=en/banknoty/monety.htm National Bank of Poland - Internet Information Service]
rowspan="2" | Valuecolspan="3"| Technical parameterscolspan="3"| Descriptionrowspan="2"| Date of first minting
DiameterMassCompositionEdgeObverseReverse
{{Coin-yellow-color}}

| 1 grosz

| 15.5 mm

| 1.64 g

|rowspan="3"| Brass plated steel

| Serrated

|rowspan="3"| State title and the eagle of the coat of arms

| Value and 1 leaf

|rowspan="3"| 2014

{{Coin-yellow-color}}

| 2 grosze

| 17.5 mm

| 2.13 g

| Plain

| Value and 2 leaves

{{Coin-yellow-color}}

| 5 groszy

| 19.5 mm

| 2.59 g

| Alternately smooth and serrated

| Value and 5 leaves

{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 10 groszy

| 16.5 mm

| 2.51 g

|rowspan="4"| Copper and nickel-plated steel

| Alternately smooth and serrated

|rowspan="5"| State title and the eagle of the coat of arms

| Value and (10) encircling leaves

|rowspan="4"| 2020

{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 20 groszy

| 18.5 mm

| 3.22 g

|rowspan="2"| Serrated

| Value and (20) square-shaped leaves

{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 50 groszy

| 20.5 mm

| 3.94 g

| Value and (50) leaves in semicircle shape

{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 1 zł

| 23 mm

| 5 g

| Alternately smooth and serrated

| Value and (100) leaves in full-circle shape

{{Coin-yellow-color}}

| | 2 zł

| 21.5 mm
Core: 12 mm

| 5.21 g

| Ring: Aluminium bronze
Center: Cupronickel

| Plain

| Value and 2 leaves in the ring portion

| | 1994

{{Coin-silver-color}}

| | 5 zł

| 24 mm
Core: 16 mm[http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/monety_obiegowe/opisy.html#zl5 Five złoty dimensions from NBP]

| 6.54 g

| Ring: Cupronickel
Center: Aluminium bronze

| Irregularly milled

| State title and the eagle of the coat of arms

| Value and 5 leaves in the ring portion

| | 1994

colspan="8" |Note: due to copyright law in Poland the Polish złoty coins may not be freely reproduced.{{cite web |title=Banknotes & Counterfeit Deterrence |website=rulesforuse.org |url=https://rulesforuse.org/en/currencies/polish-zloty |accessdate=May 24, 2020}}

=Mintage=

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|Republic of Poland regularthat is, non-collectible and non-commemorative coin mintage by year
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|Year|1 gr|2 gr|5 gr|10 gr|20 gr|50 gr|1 zł|2 złexcludes the low-mintage commemorative special-issue 2 zł coins made every year since 1995|5 złexcludes the low-mintage commemorative special-issue 5 zł coins made since 2014
199029,140,00034,400,00070,240,00043,055,00025,100,00029,152,00020,240,000
199179,000,00097,410,000171,040,000123,164,30075,400,00099,120,00060,080,000
1992362,000,000157,000,003103,784,000210,005,000106,100,001116,000,000102,240,000
199380,780,00020,280,10180,240,00820,904,000
199469,956,00079,644,000112,896,033
1995102,280,109101,600,11399,740,122122,880,020
199629,745,00052,940,003
1997103,080,00292,400,00259,755,000
1998257,640,003154,840,05093,472,00262,695,00052,500,000
1999203,970,000187,900,00099,024,00047,040,00025,985,000
2000210,100,00094,500,00075,600,000104,060,00052,135,000
2001210,000,02084,000,00067,368,00062,820,00041,980,001
2002240,000,00083,910,00067,200,00010,500,00010,500,000
2003250,000,00080,000,00048,000,00031,500,00020,400,000
2004300,000,000100,000,00062,500,00070,500,00040,000,025
2005375,000,000163,003,250113,000,00094,000,00037,000,0255,000,000
2006184,000,000105,000,00054,000,00040,000,00035,000,0005,000,000
2007330,000,000160,000,000116,000,000100,000,00068,000,00020,000,000
2008316,000,000172,000,000107,000,000103,000,00091,000,00013,000,0005,000,00015,000,0005,000,000
2009338,000,000222,000,000160,000,000146,000,000133,000,00057,000,00034,000,00062,000,00059,000,000
2010150,000,000120,000,000100,000,00062,000,00045,000,00012,000,0003,000,00015,000,00030,000,000
2011270,000,000150,000,00090,000,00080,000,00015,000,00010,000,000
2012365,000,000100,000,00060,000,000136,000,00038,000,00012,000,00010,000,000
2013323,000,000150,000,00088,000,000142,000,00036,000,00030,000,00021,000,000
2014aPolish Mint86,000,00020,000,00015,000,00088,000,00046,000,00028,400,00035,250,00028,000,000
2014bRoyal Mint334,924,900includes 1,000,000 pieces of pilot batch production marked the year 2013117,084,75081,004,500
2015388,560,000129,870,000115,050,000112,050,00078,030,00044,010,00039,000,00034,350,00038,040,000
2016266,011,103142,741,600120,900,100116,700,00069,120,00028,980,00029,775,00035,150,00035,040,000
2017391,200,000143,910,000126,150,000154,200,00088,695,00044,370,00041,175,00030,900,00023,220,000
2018435,840,000161,850,000144,600,000169,800,00089,100,00042,030,00042,000,00037,425,000
2019413,520,000167,115,000116,100,000128,700,00058,320,00054,990,00060,750,00027,975,000
2020400,080,000161,460,000135,000,000170,100,00094,230,00041,580,00042,000,00033,525,0006,436,000

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|colspan="10"|Source: [http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/monety_obiegowe/naklady_emisji.html National Bank of Poland Official coinage]

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=Special issue 5zł coins=

These special issue coins have value and are intended for general circulation.

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|Commemorative general circulation 5zł coins
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|Year|Commemorates|Mintage
{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 2014

Royal Castle, Warsaw1,200,000[http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2014.html#m15 Zamek Królewski w Warszawie]
{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 2014

25 years of freedom1,500,000[http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2014.html#m07 25 lat wolności]
{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 2015

Poznań Town Hall1,200,000[http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2015.html#m12 Ratusz w Poznaniu]
{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 2015

Bydgoszcz Canal1,200,000[http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2015.html#m05 Kanał Bydgoski]
{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 2016

Księży Młyn w Łodzi1,200,000[http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2016.html#m09 Księży Młyn w Łodzi]
{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 2016

Ducal Castle, Szczecin1,200,000[http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2016.html#m14 Zamek Książąt Pomorskich w Szczecinie]
{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 2017

Chapel of the Holy Trinity, Lublin1,200,000[http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2017.html#m05 Kaplica Trójcy Świętej na Zamku Lubelskim]
{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 2017

Central Industrial Region1,200,000[http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2017.html#m21 Centralny Okręg Przemysłowy]
{{Coin-silver-color}}

| 2018

100th anniversary of regaining independence38,424,000[http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2018.html#m21 100-lecie odzyskania przez Polskę niepodległości]

|}

Banknotes

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colspan="9" |1994 Series ("Sovereigns of Poland" First Series)[http://www.nbp.pl/Homen.aspx?f=en/banknoty/banknoty.htm National Bank of Poland - Internet Information Service]
rowspan="2" | Value

! rowspan="2" | NBP

rowspan="2" | Dimensionsrowspan="2"| Main colourcolspan="3"| Descriptioncolspan="2"| Date of
ObverseReverseWatermarkprintingissue
10 zł

| [https://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/banknoty_obiegowe/10zl.html]

| 120 × 60 mm

| Dark brown

| Mieszko I

| Silver denar coin during the reign of Mieszko I

|rowspan="5"| As portrait

|rowspan="5"| 25 March 1994

|rowspan="3"| 1 January 1995

20 zł

| [https://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/banknoty_obiegowe/20zl.html]

| 126 × 63 mm

| Violet and pink

| Bolesław I Chrobry

| Silver denar coin during the reign of Bolesław I Chrobry

50 zł

| [https://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/banknoty_obiegowe/50zl.html]

| 132 × 66 mm

| Dark blue

| Kazimierz III Wielki

| White Eagle from the royal seal of Casimir III the Great and the regalia of Poland: sceptre and globus cruciger

100 zł

| [https://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/banknoty_obiegowe/100zl.html]

| 138 × 69 mm

| Dark green

| Władysław II Jagiełło

| Shield bearing a White Eagle from the tombstone of Władysław II Jagiełło, coat of the Teutonic Knights and the Grunwald Swords

|rowspan="2"| 1 June 1995

200 zł

| [https://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/banknoty_i_monety/banknoty_obiegowe/200zl.html]

| 144 × 72 mm

| Brown and orange

| Zygmunt I Stary

| Eagle intertwined with the letter S in a hexagon, from the Sigismund's Chapel

colspan="9" |Note: due to copyright law in Poland the Polish zloty banknotes may not be freely reproduced.

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colspan="9" |2012 Series ("Sovereigns of Poland" Second Series)
rowspan="2" | Value

! rowspan="2" |NBP

rowspan="2" | Dimensionsrowspan="2"| Main colourcolspan="3"| Descriptioncolspan="2"| Date of
ObverseReverseWatermarkprintingissue
10 zł

| [https://nbp.pl/banknoty-i-monety/banknoty-obiegowe/10-zl/]

| 120 × 60 mm

| Dark brown

| Mieszko I

| Silver denar coin during the reign of Mieszko I, romanesque columns from the Tyniec Abbey

|rowspan="6"| As portrait

|rowspan="4"| 5 January 2012

|rowspan="4"| 7 April 2014

20 zł

| [https://nbp.pl/banknoty-i-monety/banknoty-obiegowe/20-zl/]

| 126 × 63 mm

| Violet and pink

| Bolesław I Chrobry

| Silver denar coin during the reign of Bolesław I Chrobry, Rotunda of Saint Nicolas in Cieszyn, a lion from the Gniezno Doors

50 zł

| [https://nbp.pl/banknoty-i-monety/banknoty-obiegowe/50-zl/]

| 132 × 66 mm

| Dark blue

| Kazimierz III Wielki

| White Eagle from the royal seal of Casimir III the Great and the regalia of Poland: sceptre and globus cruciger, views of Kraków and Kazimierz by Hartmann Schedel

100 zł

| [https://nbp.pl/banknoty-i-monety/banknoty-obiegowe/100-zl/]

| 138 × 69 mm

| Dark green

| Władysław II Jagiełło

| Shield bearing a White Eagle from the tombstone of Władysław II Jagiełło, coat of the Teutonic Knights and the Grunwald Swords, Malbork Castle

200 zł

| [https://nbp.pl/banknoty-i-monety/banknoty-obiegowe/200-zl/]

| 144 × 72 mm

| Brown and orange

| Zygmunt I Stary

| Eagle intertwined with the letter S in a hexagon, from the Sigismund's Chapel, and main courtyard of the Wawel Castle

| 30 March 2015

| 12 February 2016

500 zł

| [https://nbp.pl/banknoty-i-monety/banknoty-obiegowe/500-zl/]

| 150 × 75 mm

| Violet, gray, blue, yellow, and green

| Jan III Sobieski

| Wilanow Palace, coat of arms from the reign of John III Sobieski

| 16 February 2016

| 10 February 2017

colspan="9" |Note: due to copyright law in Poland the Polish złoty banknotes may not be freely reproduced.

Commemorative banknotes

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colspan="8" |Commemorative Series [http://www.nbp.pl/homen.aspx?f=/en/banknoty/kolekcjonerskie/banknoty_kolekcjonerskie_en.html The National Bank of Poland's Collector's Banknote page]
rowspan="2" | Valuerowspan="2"| Dimensionsrowspan="2"| Main colourcolspan="3"| Descriptionrowspan="2"| Number issuedrowspan="2"| Date of issue
ObverseReverseWatermark
50 zł

|144 × 72 mm

|Blue, yellow

|Pope John Paul II, Polish coat of arms

|Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, a quotation from Letter to Poles, Jasna Góra Monastery and church

|Papal arms of John Paul II

|2,000,000

|October 16, 2006

10 zł

| rowspan="4" | 138 × 69 mm

| Pink, orange

| Polish coat of arms, Belweder Palace, Commander Józef Piłsudski

| White eagle, Monument of the Heroic Deed of Polish Legions in Kielce.

| Józef Piłsudski, electrotype denomination

| rowspan="2" | 80,000

| November 3, 2008

rowspan="8" | 20 zł

| Orange, yellow, brown

| Polish coat of arms, Chalet in Krzemieniec, Juliusz Słowacki

| Cranes, an excerpt of the poem Sedation, Statue of Sigismund III Vasa at Castle Square in Warsaw.

| Juliusz Słowacki, electrotype denomination

| September 23, 2009

Light blue, Light brown, black

| Frédéric Chopin, the mansion in Zelazowa where the composer was born, reproduction of the first edition of Mazurka in B-flat major, Opus 7 No 1, Chopin's autograph.

| Facsimile of a fragment of Étude in f-minor, Opus 10, No 9, landscape in Central Poland with Masovian willows.

| Chopin

| 120,000

| February 26, 2010

Brown and green

| Marie Skłodowska Curie, Sorbona w Paryżu (Sorbonne school building in Paris), Coat of arms, Ra (atomic symbol for radium) in SPARK patch in concentric circles.

| Quotation by Marie Skłodowska Curie ("I have detected the radium, but not created it; the glory does not belong to me, but it is the property of the whole mankind."), Instytut Radowy w Warszawie (Radium Institute building in Warsaw); Nobel Prize medal for chemistry.

| Marie Skłodowska Curie and electrotype denomination

| 60,000

| December 12, 2011

147 × 67 mm

| Green, brown, yellow and blue

| Belvedere Palace hologram; coat of arms with crowned eagle; Commander Józef Klemens Piłsudski wearing military uniform.

| Eagle badge of the Polish Legions; Grand Cross (with Star) of the Order of Virtuti Militari; badge of the First Brigade of the Polish Legions; Belvedere Palace hologram.

| None

| 50,000

| August 5, 2014

138 × 69 mm

| Brown, green, gold and violet

| 1415 as registration device; open book; coat of arms with crowned eagle; Jan Długosz

| Wieniawa coat of arms; Wawel cathedral in Kraków; stained glass window

| Shield with crowned eagle

| 30,000

| August 24, 2015

144 × 77 mm

| Blue and red

| Coat of arms with crowned eagle; Dobrawa (Doubravka of Bohemia) and King Miezko I; ornate cross; floor plan of church as registration device

| Floor plan of church; Gniezno Cathedral; royal chalice of Trzemeszno

| Unknown with electrotype 20

| 35,000

| April 12, 2016

rowspan="4" | 150 × 77 mm

| Blue

| Crowns of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa

| Drawing of Częstochowa in 1717, depicting the coronation event

| Coat of arms of the Pauline Fathers

| 55,000

| August 21, 2017

| Józef Klemens Piłsudski, Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta

| Flag of Poland, badge of the Polish Military Organization

|

| 50,000

| August 31, 2018

19 zł

|

| Ignacy Jan Paderewski and a stylized image of the Order of the White Eagle; word niepodległa (“independent”)

| Current headquarters of the Polish Security Printing Works

|

| 55,000

| October 2, 2019

20 zł

|Brown-green, blue

|Eastern border landscape with helicopter

|Officer and soldier of the Border Guard

|

|80,000

|July 19, 2022

See also

References