A unique collection of money PRL-ish. Codename E-71 – rmf24.pl

                          Today, August 19 (12:51)

Polish Security Printing Works presented declassified materials on a unique set of banknote production series” Polish Cities “. They made it in the 70s of the twentieth century in PWPW. The first collection, dated on January 2, 1971, included denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 500 zloty, while the second, dated 2 January 1977, banknotes of 200 and 2000 respectively. You can, for them to see seven Polish cities, including Katowice, Gniezno, Poznan and Warsaw. Printing banknotes held in secret conditions, the clauses of the highest degree of secrecy. The collection was previously unknown even to collectors. Is a series of unique on a European scale.

         

                              Secret notes
                                      / Marcin Obara / PAP
                                     

     

A series of banknotes was codenamed E-71 against damage PWPW and transfer production to printing replacement.

It seems that plans to issue Series E-71 were not accidental.

         

                              Banknotes codenamed E-71, from the series “Polish Cities” have been prepared during the PRL
                                      / Marcin Obara / PAP
                                     

     

Probably in the case of outbreak of hostilities series “Polish Cities” to be introduced into circulation and replaced with a series of “Great Poles”. One can not exclude that in the case of a hypothetical war. When the main task PWPW would be to continue the production of banknotes.

The rules start production of these notes in detail the instruction 1977: “Technolonia printing banknotes Polish National Bank issue of” Cities Polish E-71 “was approved by the then director of the Polish Security Printing Works in .z. Stefan Tyminski.

         

                              Documents presented at the conference
                                      / Marcin Obara / PAP
                                     

     

The instruction was prepared in 5 copies – 3 of them placed in containers, and one went to the Military Department of the NBP and PWPW. The container now in its PWPW is one of the three existing sets.

(j.)