20 zł Protection of Poland’s Eastern Border

The front of the note:

on the left, the silhouettes of a Border Guard officer and a Polish Army soldier; beneath, a microprint inscription: OCHRONA POLSKIEJ GRANICY WSCHODNIEJ/NBP/20/ (Protection of Poland’s eastern border/NBP/20). In the bottom part, when you tilt the banknote, the number 20 is revealed. At the top, on the left, the number: 20 and the inscription: DWADZIEŚCIA / ZŁOTYCH (twenty / złoty). Against the silhouettes, microprinting composed of recurring fragments of: the text of oath taken by Border Guard and Police officers, the text of military oath and of the inscription: WOJSKOPOLSKIESGPOLICJA (PolisharmyBGPolice). Below the silhouettes, notation of numbering. The centrally stylised map of the eastern part of the territory of the state of Poland; against the map, the image of an F-16 aircraft. Below it, the inscription: NARODOWY / BANK / POLSKI; below it, the image of the Eagle established as the state emblem of the Republic of Poland and the inscription: WARSZAWA, 18 STYCZNIA 2022 R. (Warsaw, 18 January 2022); below it, the inscriptions: PREZES (Governor) and a signature and GŁÓWNY SKARBNIK (Chief Treasurer) and a signature; at the bottom, the inscription: OCHRONA POLSKIEJ / GRANICY WSCHODNIEJ (Protection of Poland’s/Eastern Border). In the background, decorative elements and microprinting in the form of recurring inscriptions: 20 ZŁ and OCHRONA POLSKIEJ GRANICY WSCHODNIEJ (Protection of Poland’s Eastern Border). On the right, notation of numbering; at the bottom, the number: 20 and the inscription: DWADZIEŚCIA / ZŁOTYCH (twenty / złoty); above it, markings for the blind – vertically, the embossed number: XX made up of digits at a right angle, detectable by touch. At the top and at the bottom, along the banknote’s edge, guilloches and patterns.

The back of the note:

centrally, a Police S-70i Black Hawk helicopter in flight over the areas located near Poland’s eastern border; above it, the image of an F-16 aircraft. On the right, an outline of the north-eastern border of the state of Poland and the image of the Eagle established as the state emblem of the Republic of Poland. Against the Eagle, diagonal lines in grey and microprinting in the form of recurring inscriptions: NARODOWYBANKPOLSKI/20/OCHRONAPOLSKIEJ GRANICYWSCHODNIEJ (Narodowy Bank Polski/20/Protection of Poland’s Eastern Border). The background of the middle part of the banknote is filled with decorative elements and microprinting in the form of recurring inscriptions: 20 ZŁ and OCHRONA POLSKIEJ GRANICY WSCHODNIEJ (Protection of Poland’s Eastern Border). At the bottom, in the middle, the inscription: BANKNOTY EMITOWANE PRZEZ NARODOWY BANK POLSKI / SĄ PRAWNYM ŚRODKIEM PŁATNICZYM W POLSCE (Banknotes issued by Narodowy Bank Polski / are legal tender in Poland); on the right, the number: 20 and the inscription: DWADZIEŚCIA / ZŁOTYCH (twenty / złoty); on the left, the inscription: NARODOWY / BANK POLSKI. Along the right upper edge of the banknote, microprinting in the form of recurring inscriptions: 20ZŁOTYCH/20ZŁOTYCH/ (20złoty/20złoty); below it, NARODOWYBANKPOLSKI and, below the inscription, 20ZŁOTYCH/20ZŁOTYCH/ (20złoty/20złoty). On the left, the inscriptions: RP, number: 20, NBP – all making up a vertical stripe, which are visible when you tilt the banknote. In the left corner, the number: 20; on its right side, a vertical inscription: DWADZIEŚCIA /ZŁOTYCH (twenty / złoty). Along the bottom edge of the banknote, microprinting in the form of recurring inscriptions: 20ZŁOTYCH/NBP/ (20złoty/NBP). In the right corner, the inscription: A. PRÓCHNIAK DEL. J. KOPECKA SC. PWPW S.A. At the top and at the bottom, along the edge and on the left side, guilloches and patterns.