Madam Marie Curie - Paper Money issued by Poland

Paper Money issued by Poland - Honouring Madam Marie Curie - 01-02-1989

In 1989, prior to the devaluation of the polish Zloty, Poland issued a 20,000 Zloty banknote to honour Marie Curie.

 Front: Physicist and chemist Maria Sklodowska-Curie

Back: First Polish nuclear reactor "Ewa" near Warsaw (dismantled in 1995)

Watermark: Crowned Eagle Coat of Arms.

There are type of Notes available based on the "Serial Number Prefix Letter"

Type 1 : Single Prefix Letter

Type 2 : Double Prefix Letter

Type 3 : SPECIMEN 

Paper money from my personal collections.,

Type 3 : SPECIMEN

Type 1 : Prefix with Z, F and W

Marie Curie (1867-1934) on 20 Zlotych 2011 Banknote from Poland.

"100th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Prize in chemistry to Marie Skłodowska-Curie To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Prize in chemistry to Marie Skłodowska-Curie the National Bank of Poland has issued a collector banknote of the face value of 20 złoty. The banknote will be put into circulation on 25 November 2011"

Front : Physicist Marie Skłodowska Curie; Sorbona w Paryżu (Sorbonne school building in Paris); coat of arms; Ra (atomic symbol for radium) in SPARK patch of concentric circles.

Back : Quotation of Marie 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."); Radium Institut (Warsaw); Nobel Prize medal for chemistry

Water Mark : Portrait of Marie Skłodowska Curie and electrotype denomination.

Signatures: Marek Belka and Jerzy Stopyra.

Intro: 09.12.2011.

Author of the design is Agnieszka Próchniak. Author of the banknote’s steel engraving matrix is Przemysław Krajewski.

• Dimensions: 138 x 69 mm
• Volume: 60.000 pcs.
• Date of issue: 25 November 2011

The banknotes have been manufactured by the Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW S.A.).

Madam Marie Curie - France 500 Francs

Paper Money issued by France honouring Madam Marie Curie

AT A GLANCE - Madam Marie Curie Marie Curie is best known as the discoverer of the radioactive elements polonium and radium and as the first person to win two Nobel prizes. For scientists and the public, her radium was a key to a basic change in our understanding of matter and energy. Her work not only influenced the development of fundamental science but also ushered in a new era in medical research and treatment.
Inventor: Marie Curie (aka Marie Sklodowska) Criteria; First to patent. First practical. Birth: November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland Death: July 4, 1934 in Haute Savoie Nationality: Polish
Invention: Study of radioactivity, discoverer of polonium and radium Function: noun / Symbol Po and Ra Definition: A rare, brilliant white, luminescent, highly radioactive metallic element found in very small amounts in uranium ores. It is used in cancer radiotherapy, as a neutron source for some research purposes, and as a constituent of luminescent paints. Polonium atomic number  84 and Radium atomic number 88
The details of Paper money issued on Madam Marie Curie till date are France 500 Francs - 1994-2000 Front : Portrait of Madam Marie curie with back ground of Pierre Curie. With security thread. Denomination "500 Cinq Cents Francs" Back : Laboratories Utensils, year at Right hand side top corner. Right hand side bottom Signatures. Water mark : Portrait of Madam Marie Curie Other futures like Micro Printing and UV Visibility as under:- Based on the Signature and year of issues the different varieties available are Paper money scan from my personal collections Year - 1994 Year - 1995 Collections Year 1998 - Collection Paper money issued by Poland to follow in short while....