PWPW - Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych (Polish Securities Printing Works) did not return to this its historic name, in its pre-war form, until 1996.
Nationalized after World War II, it operated under the name of State Printing Works throughout the communist period until 1996. During this period, as a state-owned entity, it did not issue any test or promotional prints for the external market. Instead, such issues were a common custom of the world's Western printing houses. In our country this changed only after the transition period. At the turn of 1990/91, PWPW issued its first print of this type, referred to by Jerzy Koziczynski as a studio banknote. At the same time, it is the only banknote of this type issued by PWPW while it was still the State Securities Company.
It was this banknote with Piotr Wysocki, referring to the 160th anniversary of the November Uprising, that was the first studio banknote intended for public distribution, demonstrating the technical capabilities of PWPW's printing of advanced securities. Its reverse depicts the building of the Printing Works, and in the background of the obverse a reference to the gathering place of the November insurgents - the bridge in Warsaw's Lazienki Park and the monument to John III Sobieski.
Reporting after Jerzy Koziczynski, its designer was Jerzy Kaminski and the engraver was Jan Maciej Kopecki. The watermark with Piotr Wysocki was made by Zygmunt Krzysztof Jagodzinski.
A beautiful item. A highly sought after and currently the highest valued PWPW studio banknote, with recent auction listings exceeding 10,000 zloty
Issue state of preservation without any reservations.
