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The Whole Set of Poland's Current Banknotes 10,20, 50,100, 200, 500 ZŁ (PLN) UNC

$ 158.4

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Country: Poland
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Poland
  • Type: Banknotes
  • Serial number: varies from stock photos
  • Denominations: 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
  • Currency: PLN
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Year: Varies, mostly 2016

    Description

    The whole Set (6) of Polish Current Banknotes That Feature The Greatest Rulers of Poland:
    1)
    10 PLN
    Bill features Prince
    Mieszko I
    (930 - 992), 1st Christian ruler of Poland, united all tribes living roughly within the territory of today's Poland.  Father of Boleslaw Chrobry - the 1st king of Poland, Gunhild of Wenden - the Queen of Denmark and Sigrid the Haughty - Scandinavian Queen. He married Czech Princess Dobrawa, after he had been baptised. He gave the beginning of the Piast Royal Dynasty.
    We may call him the "founding father" of Poland.
    2)
    20 PLN
    Bill features
    Boleslaw "Chrobry" the Brave
    (967 - 1025), the First king of Poland, remarkable politician, strategist statesman. During his reign Poland became the front state of Europe.
    3)
    50 PLN
    Bill features
    Casimir III the Great (Kazimierz Wielki)
    (1310 - 1390), the last Polish king from Piast Dynasty. He inherited the kingdom weakened by wars but made prosperous and wealthy. He reformed the army and doubled the size of the kingdom. He founded the University of Krokow - the oldest Polish university, reformed the judicial system.
    4)
    100 PLN
    Bill features
    Wladyslaw II Jagiello
    (1352 - 1434), was the Grand Duke of Lithuania, then the King of Poland by marriage with Polish Queen Jadwiga and created the 1st European Union: Polish-Lithuanian. It also gave the beginning of Jagielonian Royal Dynasty (the most successful in Polish history). With his reign Poland's Golden Age began, when the Commonwealth became one of the largest, strongest and wealthiest kingdoms of Europe. It lasted until mid 17th century. Wladyslaw Jagiello is famous for his defeating Teutonic Knights in the Battle of Grunwald  in 1410.
    5)
    200 PLN
    Bill features
    Sigsimund I the Old (Zygmunt I Stary)
    (1467 - 1548), reigned as the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania. He was the successful monarch and great patron of arts, he established Polish suzerainty over Ducal Prussia and incorporated Duchy of Mazovia into the Polish state, securing the nation's wealth, culture and power.
    6)
    500 PLN
    Bill features the king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
    Jan III Sobieski
    (1626 - 1696), military genius, who is the most famous for the Battle of Vienna, which took place on 11/12 September 1683. When he led the allied European armies with his legendary Winged Hussars to enormously defeat the Turkish and turned the Ottoman Tide, saving Christian Europe from seemingly inevitable Islamic conquest. Sobieski attack was the largest cavalry charge in history. For the next 300 years Islam would be overshadowed by the growth of the Western Christian societies.
    The banknotes 200 PLN and 500 PLN are considered the ones of the most counterfeit-proof banknotes in the world.
    ALL 6 BANKNOTES ARE LEGAL, CURRENT, UNCIRCULATED, AND BEAUTIFUL!