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 

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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.).