{"id":6003,"date":"2016-04-21T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T08:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test946983.live-website.com\/?p=6003"},"modified":"2026-09-02T08:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T15:55:34","slug":"poland-new-20-zlotych-sommemorative-bnp820-confirmed-introduced-on-12-04-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=6003","title":{"rendered":"Poland new 20-z\u0142oty Baptism of Poland numismatic product (BNP868a) confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-entry-body\">According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbp.pl\/banknoty_i_monety\/pliki\/Plan_emisyjny_2016.pdf\" target=\"self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Narodowy Bank Pokski&#8217;s prospectus for 2016<\/a>, in April 2016 the bank planned to introduce 30,000 pieces of a 20-zlotych banknote commemorating the 1,050th anniversary of the \u201cBaptism of Poland,\u201d when King Miezko I and the majority of his court were baptized in 966 AD.The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbp.pl\/homen.aspx?f=\/banknoty_i_monety\/banknoty_kolekcjonerskie\/2016_chrzest_20zl_en.html\">bank has more recently posted a notice<\/a> on its site indicating that up to 35,000 pieces of the note will be introduced on 12 April 2016.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28490\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Poland_NBP_20_zlotych_2015.11.23_BNP820a_PNL_AB_0022058_f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1683\" height=\"878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Poland_NBP_20_zlotych_2015.11.23_BNP820a_PNL_AB_0022058_f.jpg 1683w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Poland_NBP_20_zlotych_2015.11.23_BNP820a_PNL_AB_0022058_f-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Poland_NBP_20_zlotych_2015.11.23_BNP820a_PNL_AB_0022058_f-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Poland_NBP_20_zlotych_2015.11.23_BNP820a_PNL_AB_0022058_f-1536x801.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Poland_NBP_20_zlotych_2015.11.23_BNP820a_PNL_AB_0022058_f-465x243.jpg 465w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Poland_NBP_20_zlotych_2015.11.23_BNP820a_PNL_AB_0022058_f-695x363.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1683px) 100vw, 1683px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28491\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Poland_NBP_20_zlotych_2015.11.23_BNP820a_PNL_AB_0022058_r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1690\" height=\"882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Poland_NBP_20_zlotych_2015.11.23_BNP820a_PNL_AB_0022058_r.jpg 1690w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Poland_NBP_20_zlotych_2015.11.23_BNP820a_PNL_AB_0022058_r-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Poland_NBP_20_zlotych_2015.11.23_BNP820a_PNL_AB_0022058_r-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Poland_NBP_20_zlotych_2015.11.23_BNP820a_PNL_AB_0022058_r-1536x802.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Poland_NBP_20_zlotych_2015.11.23_BNP820a_PNL_AB_0022058_r-465x243.jpg 465w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Poland_NBP_20_zlotych_2015.11.23_BNP820a_PNL_AB_0022058_r-695x363.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1690px) 100vw, 1690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>BNP868<\/b> (PNL): <b>20 z\u0142otych <\/b>(US$5.00)<\/p>\n<p>Blue and red. Front: Polish text; coat of arms with crowned eagle; chalice and stag in underprint; Dobrawa (Doubravka of Bohemia) and King Miezko I; holographic patch; floor plan of church as registration device; staurotheke from Ostr\u00f3w Lednicki (cross-shaped reliquary). Back: Polish text; chalice as OVMI feature; floor plan of church; Gniezno Cathedral; peacock from detail of Gniezno doors; royal chalice of Trzemeszno depicting Nathan and Joab crowning King David. Active windowed security thread with demetalized <i>NBP 20<\/i>. Watermark: Stag with electrotype <i>20<\/i>. Printer: (Polska Wytw\u00f3rnia Papier\u00f3w Warto\u015bciowych). 144 x 77 mm. Paper.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>a. 23 LISTOPADA 2015. Sig. 17: Belka\/Oles.<br \/>\nPrefix AB. Intro: 12.04.2016.<br \/>\nNote in plain folder.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Jan Bogus and Hartmut Fraunhoffer (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.banknoten.de\" target=\"self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Banknote-Online<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Narodowy Bank Pokski&#8217;s prospectus for 2016, in April 2016 the bank planned to introduce 30,000 pieces of a 20-zlotych banknote commemorating the 1,050th anniversary of the \u201cBaptism of Poland,\u201d when King Miezko I and the majority of his court were baptized in 966 AD.The bank has more<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=6003\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,15,344],"tags":[65],"class_list":["entry","author-owen-linzmayer","post-6003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-commemorative","category-europe","category-numismatic-product","tag-poland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6003"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51097,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6003\/revisions\/51097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}